Example sentences of "[noun] to do the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the evening they constructed a bonfire outside , where they drank the healths of James II and his son , forcing passers-by to do the same , and offering insults to those who refused . |
| 2 | So anglers need larger weights to do the same job — which could distract the fish . |
| 3 | His achievements to date were listed : charges laid on the railway in the Tobruk area on the night of 14 October ; a failed attempt to do the same near Sidi Barani which resulted in the death of the patrol commander , Lieutenant Shorten ; two further breaks in the railway on 24 October ; nine breaks on 29 October , and finally another attack on the track on 31 October . |
| 4 | ‘ We will continue … to pursue steadily the path of co-operation with China and we look to the Chinese side to do the same . |
| 5 | there is a tendency to standardize different time-scales — but in fact different musical types , and sometimes different pieces within a type , may sell at different rates over different time-spans ; thus the Beatles ' ‘ Ca n't Buy Me Love ’ sold a million copies in a week while Ken Dodd 's ‘ Tears ’ took five months to do the same ( Harker 1980 : 98–9 ) . |
| 6 | Whereas I had seen the doctor who used the charity format as something of a villain , Bulgakov portrays himself as a hero in these stories and plainly expects his Soviet readership to do the same . |
| 7 | Thomas stopped and gestured Corbett to do the same . |
| 8 | Tim Moulds will ask Leo Bashyam to do the same . |
| 9 | ‘ Ron wants Ray to do the same sort of job , and there are definite similarities between the two , ’ he said . |
| 10 | For the time being Macmillan advised the cabinet that Britain should try to conciliate Egypt and persuade Washington to do the same . |
| 11 | She asked for identification and we 'd urge all parents to do the same . |
| 12 | If , on the other hand , a pragmatist judge almost invariably applies his new rules retrospectively and encourages other judges to do the same , this will achieve a further , very great benefit for their community . |
| 13 | You can buy a strong slim trowel to do the same job and there are several on the market . |
| 14 | Are we truly prepared to offer no model of co-operating nations sinking their differences to achieve greater security , or are we prepared to live with a Europe that is increasingly fragmented , where nations ' first demand on sovereignty is to equip themselves with weapons to tackle or to defend themselves from new nations on their own borders that have the same heightened state of frenzy and determination to do the same ? |
| 15 | Furthermore he would instruct all the dealers in his charge to do the same , on the grounds that a joint effort would shift the share price , and that , besides , the company 's prospects were good anyway . |
| 16 | I 'm going to ask the other plant conveners to do the same . ’ |
| 17 | Rather than face up to the horrendous alienation implied by such strong electoral support for Sinn Fein , the Government has closed its eyes and now compels the population to do the same . |
| 18 | He removed a birdcage containing a mechanical singing canary from his chair and sat down , gesturing for his guests to do the same . |
| 19 | In these circumstances I thought it would better serve the interests of air safety generally if a properly appointed accredited representative had the right to do the same thing . |
| 20 | They want their governments to do the same , especially on defence . |
| 21 | The plaintiff may have made the most material changes in his position , and have induced the object of his affections to do the same , and have incurred pecuniary liabilities resulting in embarrassments , which would be in every sense a loss , if the income which had been promised should be withheld ; and if the promise was made in order to induce the parties to marry , the promise so made would be , in legal effect , a request to marry . |
| 22 | I only wish I had the courage to do the same as her . |
| 23 | What must be hurting him today is that others did not have the courage to do the same to him . |
| 24 | Not quite a woman — because I wanted to do things with Gittel that only a man was supposed to want to do ; not quite a man — because I wanted Gittel to do the same things back to me . ’ |
| 25 | It is our aim to do the same on the draft treaty on political union . |
| 26 | Conspiratorial imagery was used : ‘ The Zionists continue to attack and criticize Mialster Farrakhan and they pull the strings of their Black and White political marionettes to do the same . ’ |
| 27 | Sometimes , when Henry was trying to write a letter of apology to the analyst for having quit , and wondering whether the man was all right — and when Finch was pondering the need to do the same thing — they would wander off together and watch Cecil coaching the people he referred to as ‘ the speaking parts . ’ |
| 28 | Marianne McCall might be hiding her true colours from the men , but it seemed she felt no need to do the same where Shae was concerned . |
| 29 | It is not difficult to program a computer to do the same . |
| 30 | But there are no plans to do the same here . |