The phrase 'same place as before' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a location that has been mentioned previously. For example, "We'll meet at the same place as before – the Starbucks on Main Street."
The golem stands in the same place as before, looking much the worse for wear.
During the Test Episode, the open field contained 2 objects from each learning episode, of which one was in the same place as before and one which had been displaced.
Secure all the stems together with string winding it firmly around several times in the same place as before, cut the string and tuck the end in.
After tournament workers and officials worked for an hour to dry the wet spots that persist on the Armstrong Stadium court, Roddick and Ferrer returned to resume their fourth-round match, only to find water spots in the same place as before.
Moreover, a pit in the same place as before should be avoided when assessing the preservation potential.
Then, on September 20, Denham, the dog walker who found Kovari, came across another body propped up in the same place as before.
"With respect to CNBC and Bloomberg, they're in the same places as before we owned NBC and long before we considered owning NBC, and that's based on CNBC being around a lot longer than Bloomberg," a Comcast spokeswoman, Sena Fitzmaurice, said.
Please find this e-mail in the same place as it was before, displayed comfortably in your field of vision.
After all, she says, "they ended up in the same place as I did". Before going to Iowa State, Hrubes imagined her college years would be like a Hollywood screenplay: get decent grades, party with friends every weekend, find a local summer job, take up a job nearby after graduation.
Only it was not the same place as I had known before," the poet reports from Lower Manhattan.
In fact, you would have to wait a little while (usually an extra 30 minutes or an hour) until it got back to the same place as it was the night before.
