Example sentences of "[verb] to do the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And you propose to do the same ? ’ |
| 2 | Now he has retired , his successor , Llewellyn Smith , is expected to do the same . |
| 3 | They will need to do the same if they are interpreting music . |
| 4 | She is indeed ready to die , and it is a difficulty that Justin may feel that he has to do the same . |
| 5 | To start with , an attempt is made to find the answer by considering what Matroc 's competitors do and weighing up two possibilities : ( a ) Matroc 's competitors have company brochures and therefore Matroc has to do the same ; and ( b ) Matroc does not need to imitate its competitors . |
| 6 | who comes two years later when he has to do the same price again and it costs him money or her . |
| 7 | And she wants to do the same things as us . |
| 8 | He insisted that the least he could do would be to pay for the coffee , and he always tried to do the least that he could . |
| 9 | A rock jutted out which others had grabbed as they swung down , but as I tried to do the same there was no edge below for my feet and I whimpered pathetically dangling on the end of the rope . |
| 10 | Hardly aware of what she was doing , she tried to do the same , thankful that her shoes had soft soles . |
| 11 | I tried to do the same , and in between sailing my own boat and the occasional cutter duty managed to concentrate enough on my proper job to pass a promotion examination in 1956 . |
| 12 | Having succeeded in making your formulae work for Lotus 1-2-3 and for As-Easy-As I tried to do the same in Excel . |
| 13 | ‘ Then you came into my life and tried to do the same thing ! |
| 14 | The trouble is that many other firms want to do the same , so the profits of the business will probably be lower by then . |
| 15 | The Czechoslovak voucher scheme , which will apportion shares in state enterprises to the general public , was received with scepticism by the Poles ( who want to do the same thing a different way ) and with disdain by the Hungarians ( who think state enterprises should simply be sold ) . |
| 16 | After pouring energy into factory automation the inventive Japanese want to do the same for people 's houses and flats . |
| 17 | If you do want to enjoy a one-to-one relationship of a companionable or romantic nature there are various ways one can make contact , other people who want to do the same and they need not have marriage as an aim if that is not what you want . |
| 18 | But they got the main job done and now they want to do the same against Spain next month before heading to Belfast for a party . |
| 19 | ‘ I hope to do the same in London this year as I did last — win it . |
| 20 | Dealing 2000 Phase Two , due out this year ( forex dealing ) , and the upcoming Globex after-hours futures trading system hope to do the same in other markets . |
| 21 | And you in turn can choose to do the same . |
| 22 | Last year there were six weeks of industrial action , and if needs be , are you prepared to do the same again ? |
| 23 | He itched to do the latter , but common sense prevailed ; he had seen how uncomfortable were the lives of other guys who had done that , either to marry too young or go it alone . |
| 24 | And do n't think I 'll hesitate to do the same . ’ |
| 25 | The advice from women who 've sought help is that others should n't hesitate to do the same . |
| 26 | Every MS-DOS computer has a clock that can be used to do the same job as a stop watch . |
| 27 | I thought ‘ What 's the other person going to put down , is he going to do the same ? |
| 28 | Mum is going to do the same with her sewing . |
| 29 | Having stolen the roof at Volx from Duboc and Agincourt from menestrel , is he now going to do the same with the Plage route ? |
| 30 | Damon and Lee lit up cigarettes of their own at St John 's Wood , which they placed between the doors , and Chris and Kevin were going to do the same at Baker Street . |