Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun] [prep] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his rage he declared war on the whole animal tribe , swearing that he would exterminate the lot of them , and recapture his daughter at the same time . |
| 2 | The Chairmaster shrugged his shoulders and shook his head at the same time , finally dislodging the reluctant wig . |
| 3 | He sees his people in the same way . |
| 4 | Your letter was a great joy to me , a message from another human being who approaches his work with the same seriousness as I do mine , and who has consequently suffered as much under the insanities of our time … |
| 5 | Now that he had arrived at the wildest part of Britain , he wished to use his adventure in the same spirit as that in which Montaigne wrote his famous Essais — as trials of himself , as investigations of the ideas that arose in the non-stop chatter of his mind . |
| 6 | He rolled off the bed and walked to the window , moving his hands in the same disconcerting manner as before , though in reverse this time . |
| 7 | Budworth is particularly important because he was the first fell walker to record his ascents with the same attitude and feelings as we have today . |
| 8 | And Goldberg , pushing the hair out of his eyes and wiping his face at the same time with his sleeve , pushed away the typewriter , pulled the pad towards him , seized the felt-tip pen , and wrote : He later admitted that he had merely said between seventeen and eighteen as a manner of speaking . |
| 9 | Churchill inspired but also unnerved his listeners at the same time by painting the prospects of the armed struggle in darker and more dramatic tones than might seem necessary or desirable . |
| 10 | Since the Poet indicts himself , we are tempted to reject his artefacts on the same basis , as being either sordid or trivial . |
| 11 | The constable grabbed it from him and grabbed his arm at the same time . |
| 12 | Mr Lamont delivered his punch from the same seat from which Lord Howe , in his resignation speech in 1990 , fatally wounded Lady Thatcher . |
| 13 | Mr Lamont delivered his punch from the same seat from which Lord Howe , in his resignation speech in 1990 , fatally wounded Lady Thatcher . |
| 14 | Although he came to Parliaments regularly enough , he spent his last twenty years running his diocese with the same competent mediocrity by which he had come by it . |
| 15 | Indeed , he had , in fact , smashed one of their violins when he lost his temper for the same reason in the previous year . |
| 16 | From being surprised that a ball rolls away on a gentle slope , a child will purposely ride his scooter down the same slope for enjoyment , knowing that he then has to push it up again . |
| 17 | Too many things demanded his attention at the same rime . |
| 18 | She treated his body with the same gentle reverence as he had used : her soft capable hands caressing him as she massaged the oil into his skin . |
| 19 | Ion Aurel Stoica , leader of the government 's negotiating team and Minister of State for the Quality of Life and Social Security , offered his resignation on the same day but it was rejected by Roman . |
| 20 | Joel Garner was , in fact , almost at the end had begun back in 1976–7 against Pakistan when he made his debut in the same game as Colin Croft . |
| 21 | ‘ Tommy Taylor made his debut in the same game as me . |
| 22 | Uttering a low , violent oath , he grabbed Isabel 's arm and yanked her behind him , drawing his sword at the same time . |
| 23 | But he said it loud enough for the whole restaurant to be convulsed and Ken to enjoy his audience at the same time . |
| 24 | He also claimed that an attempt had been made to kill his son at the same site in Castlerock , where he was shot dead a week later . |
| 25 | Competitors are close-at-hand ( this means the trader can adjust his prices , if necessary — eg if a neighbouring stall is selling tomatoes at 30p a pound , the trader can reduce his tomatoes to the same price or lower ) |
| 26 | She paused , collecting her thoughts and studying his face at the same time . |
| 27 | They had one son and three daughters ; their son , John Bridge Aspinall , became a QC , as did his grandfather of the same name , and he was for five years the city remembrancer until his early death in 1932 . |
| 28 | It could n't be easy to cope with the emotional strain of a missing husband and do his job at the same time . |
| 29 | do His Brainwork in the same house as me Because |
| 30 | Though he did n't actively encourage her , Mr Armstrong had no objections to putting his daughter on the same stage . |