Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] the same age " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose he and Sam were about the same age , 15 or 16 . |
| 2 | The two men were about the same age , nearing fifty ; both were of the lean kind with strong features and over-thin lips ; both were taciturn and found it difficult to put ideas into words . |
| 3 | They were about the same age , but the embalmer seemed older . |
| 4 | ‘ I felt I could do that with you , but it was more difficult with her — partly because she was about the same age as me probably . ’ |
| 5 | She was about the same age as his own daughter but she looked as if she had the troubles of the world on her . |
| 6 | He was only about four when he died and I think it was totally unexpected , because I believe that the doctor who had tended him had remarked previously that he wished his own son , who was about the same age as Thomas Isaac , had been as robust . |
| 7 | The hijacker was about the same age as him , but not so big . |
| 8 | Charles was about the same age as Richie and had something of the same military bearing . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's a better prospect than Gazza was at the same age , ’ said McDermott after the 19-year-old tormented Cambridge . |