Example sentences of "they were [prep] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They were about the same ’ , she writes , ‘ as the principles used in painting — get to the point as directly as you can ; never use a big word if a little one will do ’ . |
| 2 | They were about the same size and thickness as credit cards . |
| 3 | They were about the same age , but the embalmer seemed older . |
| 4 | They were on the same floor . ’ |
| 5 | It 's quite true that er wheels from subsidiaries in Dagenham and bodies would be on the road inside two hours of having left another factory because they were on the same industrial site . |
| 6 | For the moment , they were on the same wavelength . |
| 7 | Because Dannii was famous and they were at the same school , Kylie wanted to make a name for herself . |
| 8 | She looked from one to the other to make sure they were at the same height . |
| 9 | They were at the same impasse . |
| 10 | He trusted Marian and Allen because they were of the same kind as himself — children . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I would n't say they were in the same field , ’ he says dryly . |
| 14 | Other cabinet members made sure they were in the same position . |
| 15 | Although they were in the same show and of the same age , they were a world apart as women and performers . |
| 16 | just now they were in the same place , like Wayne and the trucks , but sometime soon they 'd be miles apart . |
| 17 | Although some amendments were suggested , they were in the same tenor e.g ; to allow States which are already more generous in respect of returning illegally exported material without compensation to continue that more generous treatment . |
| 18 | They were in the same bed . |
| 19 | Their contract had come to an end ( see Chapter 14 , Frustration , below ) and they were in the same position as any other free seamen in Port Philip : ‘ they might stipulate for any amount of remuneration ; and , considering the circumstances , £40 might not have been an exorbitant sum ’ — per Erle J. |
| 20 | An example I quote is of two particular members of staff who had been there a long time , and so , when I walked into the staff room , they were in the same seats . |
| 21 | And my mother came from the farm along the shore and they were in the same position they worked with boats too . |
| 22 | Oh they were in the same dormitory were n't you ? |
| 23 | if both of them were on the same level there would be no falls , there would be no power . |
| 24 | What White and Bernard also omit to make clear is that , while the great majority of the ordinary members of the church may well have been largely indifferent to theological issues , many of them were at the same time both outraged and alarmed by a number of alien liturgical practices , which were a unique and highly visible feature of English Arminianism . |