Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] the [det] " in BNC.

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1 While the functions of the primary and secondary markets differ it is no accident that the financial institutions participating in them are often the same , because an efficient secondary market , in which existing securities can be bought or sold easily , contributes in several important ways to the strength of the primary market .
2 I 'm just the same .
3 I 'm just the same .
4 And you know , Karen , I 'm just the same .
5 But at this point I ca n't decide if the evening 's cabaret will consist of , ‘ Deep down , I 'm just the same old Lil you knew before , so how about it ? ’ or ‘ I 'm a star now , baby , and I can make or break you , so let's do it my way . ’
6 I 'm just the same size I 've always been , Mum .
7 I 'm exactly the same , Brenda .
8 I 'm still the same person .
9 ‘ I 'm the world champion I know , but I 'm still the same boy who raced his Vespa through the streets of Riolo . ’
10 Damn it all , I 'm still the same man . ’
11 ‘ I 've matured as a cricketer through playing against better players but I 'm still the same bloke I was three or four years ago , ’ he said .
12 I was pleased we were talking about girls because I felt this was a subject where Andy 's two extra years did n't really count ; I was effectively the same age as him , and maybe I even knew more than he did because I mixed with girls every day and he only really knew his sister Clare .
13 I was just the same at your age .
14 I , I was , I was just the same .
15 Carter was an exception , to this and to everything else , but I used to feel that I was roughly the same age as the reigning American President .
16 You are still the same jealous man , Rober' .
17 ‘ I walked a pace behind you at the soundcheck , you 're just the same as I ’ and , of course , marketing ploys …
18 ‘ Oh , he made out you were different , but you 're just the same . ’
19 Inside you 're just the same .
20 You 're just the same inside …
21 You 're just the same !
22 well you 're just the same .
23 ABBERLEY : You 're exactly the same .
24 You know what I 'm talking about , because you 're exactly the same .
25 You 're always the same .
26 ABBERLEY : ( serious , to Max , after scrutiny of Peg ) : She 's exactly the same .
27 She 's only the same age as Tommy but I think she 's already a good enough organist to start playing in church on Sundays . ’
28 She 's much the same as ever , ’ said Shirley .
29 She is exactly the same age as Mrs Smith and came to Britain from Jamaica in 1957 as a 20-year old with her father ( a skilled motor mechanic who came to work on the London buses ) , her mother and her three brothers .
30 I had told her that Ivy had had luncheon with Olivia Manning , and had written : ‘ She is always the same and always in a circle of the lettered .
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