Example sentences of "same [noun] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I reach forward , the knife in one hand , the other glove touching then gathering and balling a fistful of duvet and then pulling it sharply , throwing it away behind me as I leap forward , seeing her pale nakedness in the same instant as I slap my hand over her mouth ; her eyes open wide and she starts trying to push up ; I force her back down into the bed , hand still over her mouth . |
| 2 | Sure enough , Lewis Luther , or whoever , turned up in full Airborne rig — I was pretty sure it was the same bike and I made a note of its number this time — and they did the business as they had at Holborn . |
| 3 | It was always the same story so I said ter meself , ‘ Billy , ’ I said , ‘ yer wastin' yer time even bovverin' ter fink about it . |
| 4 | Very much the same story as I conjectured for Nosema in the flour beetle and for the fluke in the snail . |
| 5 | Most people in bands have quite similar backgrounds and I reckon a lot of them shared the same experience as I did . |
| 6 | Or have you got the same blanks as I 've got . |
| 7 | She had approached the pool from the same direction as I had , and , evidently disturbed by me , had crossed the water and gone into the dense tree and scrub jungle on the right-hand side of the glade . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all . |
| 9 | Any traveller would have taken the same route as I did . |
| 10 | I could n't have got the same effect if I 'd fictionalised them . ’ |
| 11 | If I ever have a dig at him now he says : ‘ Christ , you 've read the same books as I have ! ’ and I say : ‘ Yeah but you 've got the licence to prove it . ’ ’ |
| 12 | The person on duty disappeared out the back and I went to sit in the same seat where I had sat the night before . |
| 13 | I shall give the hon. Member the same reply that I gave previously : this is a matter for the Leader of the House , who is in the Chamber . |
| 14 | In effect , all my mother 's female paternal kin are called by the same term that I apply to my ‘ mother ’ ; and all her male paternal kin are designated ‘ mother 's brother ’ without reference to their generational position . |
| 15 | If , for example , I call my mother' brother 's son by the same term that I apply to my mother 's brother , the implication is that I share a common relationship with both . |
| 16 | ‘ In the same battle that I lost my leg , old Pew lost his sight . |
| 17 | On the album I make the comment that somebody had asked me the same question and I said , ‘ Yep , my left hand 's doing good , right hand 's doing alright , my mind 's as sharp as a tack . |
| 18 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 19 | Luckily Crispins of Curtain Road in London , my main veneer supplier , still had four leaves from the same bundle that I had purchased the original set from . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , it appeared to be the same half that I had picked to explore . |
| 21 | it follows from this that ‘ it is characteristic of all unproductive labourers that they are at my command … only to the same extent as I exploit productive labourers … however , my power to employ productive labourers by no means grows in the same proportion as I employ unproductive labourers , but on the contrary diminishes in the same proportion . ’ |
| 22 | And do children really do the same chemistry that I did twenty years ago ? |
| 23 | It is possible that the subjective sensation experienced by a female bat when she perceives a male really is , " say , bright red : the same sensation as I experience when I see a flamingo . |
| 24 | As he reflected on the brutality of what he had seen done in the name of religion in the Civil War , Taylor asked himself , ‘ If persons be Christians in their lives and Christians in their profession , … why should I hate such persons whom God loves and who love God , because … they have not the same opinion as I have ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It 's very important for me to have the same people around me as I did on the first album … it 's a community thing , it means I can keep the same vibe as I had before , ’ he says . |
| 26 | That gave me the same charge as I remembered when I was a little kid and could memorise every record I had , who the publishing company was , how long the song was and what label it was on . |
| 27 | I sold them for the same price that I had paid myself . |
| 28 | ‘ I am still doing exactly the same things as I did before the operation but at a slower pace . |
| 29 | His eyes had turned the same colour and I caught a whiff of that strange perfume which sometimes emanated from him , sweet but sickly . |
| 30 | staying open , I ai n't going , I ca n't handle it I said I just wan na get out , it was really like a sentence I just could n't stand it of course I laughed , me and Elaine went to the meeting same place , same wall and I kept looking at her and we brought you in here to say thanks , and Elaine looked at me and I looked at her and I said well if that 's all he 's got ta say I said I 'm not , I , what did I say to Elaine ? |