Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the same [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He had visions of booking in to the same hotel several weeks running and a knowing clerk saying , ‘ Ah , I see sir has a new Mrs Smith this weekend … ’ as his latest girl flashed her ring on the desk .
2 Spectators gasped in awe at the sight of a ball landing back in the same court .
3 End date it 's picking up off the same list .
4 It 's picking up onto the same list is it ?
5 His only certain memory of his mother was of her looking out of the same kitchen window and calling to him as he played on the grass .
6 In vain she may cry , as Gregor Samsa does to his parents , sister and employer , that the same person is there inside , looking out in the same way at the world .
7 The south-east of England , for example , is sinking by about the same rate as the water is rising — about 15 cm a century .
8 Hewlett-Packard Co is well ahead of the pack in fitting out its Unix machines with the kind of operations management systems that mainframe users expect , but Sun Microsystems Computer Corp is galloping off down the same path and has gone to Legent Corp for an agreement under which Legent will convert Legent 's system management tools to run on Sparcsystems under Solaris Unix .
9 Concentration has nothing to do with gritting your teeth and braving it out ; it 's the secret of being more and more relaxed and aware of everything that is going on at the same time .
10 One of the most productive nurseries in the world , the Yorkshire League , has become almost barren and the time has come to pluck from another , rich in blossoms — Shivaji Park , Bombay , where you can stand on the roof-top of the small pavilion and watch 15 games going on at the same time .
11 All that memory can provide contributes already to our feeling that in calling this sensation ‘ pain ’ we are going on in the same way , following the rule .
12 And , going on in the same vein before Fabia could gently state that she would n't dream of going to Czechoslovakia without her , ‘ It 's about a four-hour crossing so you 'll have time for some shut-eye and a rest before … ’
13 It is easy to become disheartened if the dace fail to respond after an hour or so , but stick at it , keeping the feed going in on the same line .
14 Oh of course do n't forget yester yesterday erm they allow so many in so you 'd all be going in at the same time
15 A large enzyme pool turning over at the same rate as a small one would produce more new enzyme , which would result in a greater amount of enzyme being available for secretion .
16 And pensions have not been going up at the same rate as the cost of living .
17 There are easy comparisons : both have kids growing up in the same neighbourhood .
18 ‘ I 've been going out with the same person for five years , ’ he reveals .
19 going back to the same point again
20 When I 'm at a crossroads , if I find myself going back to the same place I had a happy encounter , I deliberately go the other way , so I do n't become a slave to habit .
21 Seventy per cent of those continuing their studies were staying on In the same institution where they had taken the Advanced Course : the rest were changing institutions .
22 Try to keep regular hours , getting up at the same time however tired you may feel .
23 We would therefore encourage the use of the described radiation protection devices , whilst pointing out at the same time that the usual high standards for prevention of ingestion , inhalation or skin absorption of radioactive compounds should still , of course , be maintained .
24 The producer had been satisfied with snipping out from the same review the words , ‘ a thoroughly solid evening 's entertainment ’ , to join the other encomiums that guarded the Variety 's portals .
25 ‘ Otherwise , if they keep coming in at the same rate , Hong Kong will be totally swamped and will not be able to cope .
26 There is another pair of climbers starting up from the same ledge .
27 ‘ I keep coming back to the same point , John .
28 I 'd actually like to use a bit of stereo on the next album , because it 's so hard to keep any kind of clarity in mono — everything 's coming out of the same speaker .
29 ‘ Well , that 's exactly what you 'd get if there 'd been a big explosion with everything starting out from the same place .
30 I can still see the looks of astonishment on his friends ’ faces when they saw me , a white man , drinking out of the same glass . ’
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