Example sentences of "[pron] were [noun pl] [prep] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | The text was interspersed with doodles , most of which were variations on the same theme : a roly-poly man wearing a bowler hat and smoking a pipe . |
| 2 | This was a system in which , not only were members of one 's own generation the only legitimate sexual partners , but not even all of these , since people who were descendants of the same ancestors would not marry . |
| 3 | There were traces of the same fine-boned look about him , but his features were already well masked by what was likely in the course of time to become a solid layer of self-indulgent fat . |
| 4 | Even if the wedding were not Jesus 's own , his presence , as well as his mother 's at such an occasion would patently suggest that they were members of the same social caste . |
| 5 | It was as though they were creatures of the same species , possessed of a venom which might kill an outsider , but were powerless to injure each other . |
| 6 | If they were occurences of the same type , they are usually referred to as ‘ twins ’ . |
| 7 | After all , none of Henri II 's three sons , all of whom sat on the French throne , and all of whom were products of the same education as Mary , was in any way an impressive or successful ruler . |