Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] [prep] the same " in BNC.

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1 But Rutherford hooked well , Crowe provided several of his best cover-drives , the groundstaff captured a dog before it could interfere with play , and Tufnell 's effort to prevent a boundary by slide-tackling the ball had the same result as when he tried it on the same ground a year ago : four .
2 ‘ You will not be coming back , ’ he assured her in the same arrogant tone .
3 ‘ Oh , in cash , he paid me on the same day , insisted on doing so .
4 He paid it in the same spirit that he washed himself-obsessively .
5 He addressed her in the same way as he had her mistress , with the deference due to age .
6 He was not looking forward to the events which he knew lay ahead of him that morning , but he dismissed all such thoughts from his mind : pleasant and unpleasant , most tasks were equal to him now : he viewed them with the same cold dispassion — so many tasks in each day , so many days in each week , so many weeks in each year .
7 It was for Couples , already top of the world rankings , his first major championship and he did it in the same accomplished manner that has already marked two earlier victories on the American tour .
8 He quoted me in the same paragraph , but somehow omitted some key words about the commitment of both Novell and USL to preserving the business model by which USL serves its licensees .
9 Off the field , he conducted himself with the same composure and dignity as he did whenever he pulled on the white shirt of England or the claret and blue of West Ham .
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