Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] the [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just thought the more facts you 've got at your fingertips the more easy it is to persuade people . |
| 2 | At the height of his troubles we had a similar conversation … only the boot was on the other foot and I just used the same words back to him . |
| 3 | ‘ But as I still held the same views it seemed pointless . ’ |
| 4 | There was colossal opposition to these developments at the planning stage , but local people 's views were generally ignored by the Tory administration of the day , who basically held the same values as the developers and permitted the schemes . |
| 5 | She always wanted the same things after a fight — ham on rye with mustard , followed by vanilla ice cream with walnut topping , a large slab of cake and coffee . |
| 6 | These , like the routines of a news bulletin , chat show or soap opera , were a mixture of the familiar and the unexpected : townscapes and landscapes , high streets and roundabouts which , even when we repeatedly travelled the same routes , were never ‘ identical ’ journeys , never entirely the same experience . |
| 7 | They also played the same games in the playground , and when a group had the same work in class , everybody would whisper or signal the answer to everyone else , + everyone put down the same things , whether right or wrong ! |
| 8 | Instead he silently walked the few feet between them and put his arms round her . |