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 . |