Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was of course my mother , and she asked me the same questions as my neighbour . |
| 2 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 3 | I abruptly asked them the same question I had of Benjamin . |
| 4 | Because I asked in the other classes , three or four American students , and I asked them the same question . |
| 5 | In his absence , I afterwards asked them the same questions , and they were able to explain quite adequately . |
| 6 | ‘ What I ca n't understand is that Helen told me the same thing . |
| 7 | ‘ I told you the same thing . ’ |
| 8 | As soon as he got home , the telephone was ringing and she told him the same thing many times . |
| 9 | An –easy conscience chafed him like his new , scratchy tweed suit , caused him the same persistent discomfort as the broken spring he was hatching out beneath his buttocks . |
| 10 | When his wife returned , Linkworth told her the same believable story and she accepted it completely . |
| 11 | She enjoyed hearing about the governess 's letters which would never be received and translations of East End rhyming slang , but did n't think he actually listened to her , he often asked her the same questions . |
| 12 | God knows why — I made him the same way I made the rest of you — but there it is . |
| 13 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman nodded when I asked him the same question earlier , but he has not said how he will ensure fairness between schools and therefore , no discrimination against students with special needs . |
| 14 | The government refused the paramilitaries the political status which they requested , and offered them the same terms as those given to surrendering drug traffickers : a reduction of prison sentences in return for confessions to crimes . |
| 15 | He adds : ‘ In the last year , most restaurants have brought their prices down or kept them the same as last year . |
| 16 | By now , though , he was tired of Barbados , particularly its narrowness of spirit ; they expressed their appreciation of his runs by refusing to allow him , as a black man , to practise at Kensington Oval , and he believed there were still those who resented his success and thought him the same ‘ bighead ’ as at school . |
| 17 | And I kept it the same and that 's When we bought this in nineteen fifty four , there was a lot of alterations to be done . |
| 18 | I wish there was still something to look at which gave me the same feeling . |
| 19 | I might have returned to match fishing , which never gave me the same enjoyment , even when I won , that a big fish always does , and , I hope , always will . |
| 20 | That gave me the same charge as I remembered when I was a little kid and could memorise every record I had , who the publishing company was , how long the song was and what label it was on . |
| 21 | That 's west unless we 're off course , in which case it 's night ; the King gave me the same as you , the King gave you the same as me : the King never gave me the letter , the King gave you the letter , we do n't know what 's in the letter ; we take Hamlet to the English King , it depending on when we get there who he is , and we hand over the letter , which may or may not have something in it to keep us going , and if not , we are finished and at a loose end , if they have loose ends . |
| 22 | So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us , who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ , who was I to think that I could oppose God ? ’ ' |
| 23 | If there was a delay , a ‘ cold trod ’ gave them the same privileges provided the retaliation was completed within six days . |
| 24 | That 's west unless we 're off course , in which case it 's night ; the King gave me the same as you , the King gave you the same as me : the King never gave me the letter , the King gave you the letter , we do n't know what 's in the letter ; we take Hamlet to the English King , it depending on when we get there who he is , and we hand over the letter , which may or may not have something in it to keep us going , and if not , we are finished and at a loose end , if they have loose ends . |
| 25 | a derivative of it , which gave you the same high that ecstasy does and er , and if you did n't it from the doctor you could buy it on the street . |
| 26 | Actually , both garments fitted her very well , and the boater gave her the same kind of perky look it had given Annie . |
| 27 | Eliot 's vision of the urbane savage was very different from Arnold 's , but gave him the same privileges as his Romantic predecessor . |
| 28 | But he could justify this because there were other Scots besides Elder , drawn from the ranks of the leading politicians , who gave him the same message . |
| 29 | He was then attacked by James , but gave him the same treatment . |
| 30 | After all , the chairman of a transport conglomerate which had tipped hundreds of thousands into party funds would not thank a prime minister who gave him the same reward as a Blackpool entertainer . |