Example sentences of "[pron] were [prep] the same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because Joe and I were in the same position of being scolded by Mrs Joe , we were good friends , and Joe protected me from her anger whenever he could . |
| 2 | About 15,000 feet presumably someone called ‘ Tally Ho ! ’ because I suddenly saw three Ju88s , which were at the same height , slightly to my left , range about 1,000 yards , and heading away from Malta . |
| 3 | Problems arise when we come to consider the smaller centres , such as Arkhanes ; could they have had territories which were on the same footing as those of the major temple-centres ? |
| 4 | Three people ( GF , MM , and MS ) lived in houses which were on the same site as other residential facilities ( called ‘ campus ’ houses in the remainder of this paper ) . |
| 5 | Only lot 10 failed to sell , probably due to its similarity to the two previous lots which were from the same series , and its slightly poorer condition . |
| 6 | Not only were nearly three-fifths of the people here unable to scrape together sufficient personal property to reach the tax threshold of £2 , but none got the alternative of 20s. wages in the year , as did many in the Midland and southern counties who were in the same position . |
| 7 | And she too has a ‘ sporting background ’ in that she is one of about 500 people at the last count who were in the same class in the Primate Dixon PS in Coalisland as snooker superstar Denis Taylor ! |
| 8 | ( c.26 ) " Since the kingdom consists of different regions , officers of the first , second , and indeed any rank should so far as possible be picked from different regions , so that [ men from ] the various regions should be able to come to the palace with a greater sense of knowing their way around ( familiarius ) since they would know that men who were from the same kin-group ( genealogia ) or the same region held a place there . " |
| 9 | You were on the same thing all day all day long . |
| 10 | Now come on Stephen you were at the same debate that I was at , the housing committee . |
| 11 | ‘ You see , ’ he went on as though they had been talking all afternoon , ‘ I had no idea until this morning that you were in the same state as I. ’ |
| 12 | You could not be in the room next to mine , but you were in the same city , coming towards me , turning the corner of the square , entering the same street ! |
| 13 | When I came to Haiti , we were on the same plane . |
| 14 | We were in the same hotel . |
| 15 | We were in the same burrow during the snow last winter . |
| 16 | So we were in the same group together for a couple of years . ’ |
| 17 | We were in the same drama class . ’ |
| 18 | And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field , keeping watch over their flocks by night . |
| 19 | And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field , keeping watch over their flock by night . |
| 20 | They were about the same size and thickness as credit cards . |
| 21 | They were about the same age , but the embalmer seemed older . |
| 22 | They were on the same floor . ’ |
| 23 | For the moment , they were on the same wavelength . |
| 24 | Because Dannii was famous and they were at the same school , Kylie wanted to make a name for herself . |
| 25 | They were at the same impasse . |
| 26 | She looked from one to the other to make sure they were at the same height . |
| 27 | He trusted Marian and Allen because they were of the same kind as himself — children . |
| 28 | But more often than not , whenever they were under the same roof together , he shared her bed and , now that her initial awkwardness had abated — for she had never seen a naked human being of either sex before and had always been discouraged from looking too closely at herself — he made love to her with a straightforward vigour she found attractive . |
| 29 | To people who went on about their likeness the girl was assiduous in pointing out that every feature when compared was different , but they were recognisable instantly as mother and daughter , as the woman in the shop said , they were from the same mould . |
| 30 | They were in the same bed . |