Example sentences of "[conj] it [was/were] [art] same " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone had thus moved the body , and it had to be assumed that it was the same person who had pushed her on to the plough . |
| 2 | Mary was certain that it was the same estate-car that had swept her into the ditch . |
| 3 | What worried me in looking at the Franks Report is that it was the same group of ministers on the same committee that were dealing with the big issues of war and peace in Middle Europe , with the procurement of nuclear weapons systems . |
| 4 | The only real characteristic of each day was that it was the same as the day before and to give any account of such days in strict sequence would make as tedious reading as it made tedious living . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , he failed to recognise that it was the same as red iron ore , an abundant and in expensive material , Instead , he thought it was scarce — and consequently expensive — being obtainable only from a particular treatment of iron itself . |
| 6 | On recovery , Mr Hayden described the stranger to the porter who agreed that it was the same figure he had seen . |
| 7 | ‘ I liked the coffee tonight , ’ he said , not allowing that it was the same instant coffee as ever , and to deserve the goodness she determined to go up to Soho tomorrow for some beautiful fresh espresso beans . |
| 8 | At once , he could see that it was the same monstrous nightmare that had attacked them in the basement . |
| 9 | She said later that it was the same kind of relaxation the body feels after a really satisfying orgasm , every muscle relaxed and a marvellous sense of peace . |
| 10 | K. S. Karol points out that it was the same meeting of the Central Committee ( on 11 July ) which both endorsed Khrushchev 's announcement on 9 July of virtually unlimited economic aid to Cuba and approved his decision to withdraw all Soviet economic aid from China , and argues that the Cuban affair gave Khrushchevan unexpected internationalist alibi' for his anti-Maoist campaign ( Karol : 1971 , p. 204 ) . |
| 11 | This is further confirmed by the fact that it was the same three informants who did not mark " reaction tanks ' as SF elements ( which could otherwise be characterised as central examples of an SF world ) . |
| 12 | Because I said to yo , I said to you that it was the same in Russia ! |
| 13 | It was the licensing system and licensing controls , after all , which helped to foster Britain 's peculiar ‘ brewery tie ’ and concentrate pub ownership in the hands of the brewers in the first place ; and it was the same system which connived at and partly encouraged the modern contagion of open-plan pub designs . |
| 14 | But to the north , where the main Himalayan chain should have loomed , the curtain never parted , and it was the same story in the morning . |
| 15 | In her opening round of 67 on Thursday , the American made fours at each of the five long holes , and it was the same par fives which served her well yesterday . |
| 16 | It was the Mau Mau conflict itself which forced the government to recognize the need to increase the productivity of the Kikuyu areas , and it was the same conflict which facilitated the means . |
| 17 | When you see that film you want to say , God , he was perfect , and it was the same with Boy . |
| 18 | All day long I felt calm and joy , and it was the same when I went to the town and talked to the serving people and friends that I met , for I looked at people from the universal viewpoint of the Eternal . |
| 19 | And … and it was the same man who … who took off my cap that . |
| 20 | Gladstone saw nationalism in this light , and it was the same impulse which led , for example , Menotti Garibaldi , the great hero 's son , to try to raise an Italian legion to help Arabi Pasha in Egypt . |
| 21 | Charles Dutoit programmed it with the Montreal Symphony after he heard the disc , says Lin , ‘ and it was the same thing with Jeffrey Tate . |
| 22 | Well , whatever they was doing , they 'd drop and do whatever I said it , and it was the same with the bobbin shop , you know . |
| 23 | At the same time not only was there another G number but it was the same make of car as the last five G numbers had been and it was the same colour as three out of the last ten cars that had passed the other way . |
| 24 | ‘ I know some of the other jocks here fancy her rotten , and it was the same story in Sydney , ’ Florian told Luke crudely , genuinely unaware of the variety of reactions he was eliciting . |
| 25 | ‘ In recent years I have been impressed by the standard of speech training in various parts of the province and it was the same again in Ballyclare where a number of talented young people were on stage . ’ |
| 26 | I was in the US over the summer ( yes , I just happened to see a couple of the England games ) and it was the same there — ordinary match-going footie fans who like a drink and a bit of crack ( fun , that is ) , and who all supported loads of different teams mixing together happily enough . |
| 27 | And it was the same bloke each time . |
| 28 | ‘ Wonder if it was the same one as the other day ? |
| 29 | He wondered if it was the same rope but did not like to ask his mother . |
| 30 | But I would buy it if it was the same price as ordinary meat . |