I was thinking the same

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

I was thinking the same thing.

To which Buzinski replied, "I was thinking the same thing".

I was thinking the same thing I'm always thinking: that I want to be a star.

I was thinking the same recently, as I attended the first night of Covent Garden's new season, Richard Jones's new production of Puccini's Il Trittico.

Some suggestions were amusing but unhelpful: in response to an e-mail asking how much of a particular chemical I wished to order, Smart Reply thought I might want to say "I have no idea," "I am not sure," or "I was thinking the same thing".

When Bush turned up – in a film, not in the studio, which itself was unusual then – he raised his eyes to the heavens and said something like: "What have we got now?" I was thinking the same thing, but for different reasons.

Michael chimed in: "I'm thinking the same thing as Pat.

Franchitti is quick to brush aside talk of No. 4. "I know it's the big story," he said, "but I'm thinking the same way I do every year I come here: how do you win?" Only when the talk turns to history does he grow introspective.

As he says it, I am thinking the same thing: of our culture's association of whiteness with innocence, of a child described without an accompanying adjective, of a child rendered insignificant and therefore invisible because of his or her particular shade of skin.

My advice on that is twofold: I'll get back to No. 1 in a minute, but first let's look at No. 2. (I know you're thinking that if I wanted to talk about No. 2 first, then that should have been No. 1, not the other way around. Well, I'm thinking the same thing, so, since we're in agreement, let's not fight about it).

When I see the littlest prince, I am thinking the same thing.