Example sentences of "[noun sg] to do the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ We will continue … to pursue steadily the path of co-operation with China and we look to the Chinese side to do the same . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | You can buy a strong slim trowel to do the same job and there are several on the market . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I only wish I had the courage to do the same as her . |
| 10 | What must be hurting him today is that others did not have the courage to do the same to him . |
| 11 | It is our aim to do the same on the draft treaty on political union . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It is not difficult to program a computer to do the same . |
| 15 | Basically this involves using the right foot to draw the ball into the post from the left side of the field and the left foot to do the same from the right side . |
| 16 | The Lettrists and the Situationists had used ‘ pre-existing elements ’ for their own ends , and so the editors of the Boston text and the curators of On the Passage have , they feel , a certain entitlement to do the same . |
| 17 | In the same day we went to Oulton board to do the same thing but in freezing cold water that was not as much fun as the survival tank . |
| 18 | 6.2 WE HAVE DONE ALL IN OUR POWER TO AVOID INDUSTRIAL ACTION AND CONTINUE NEGOTIATINS , WE ASK THE COMMITTEE TO ILLUSTRATE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO DO THE SAME . |
| 19 | Do n't you think you might find it in your heart to do the same ? ’ |
| 20 | It was a pity he did n't get the opportunity to do the same against France in the final . |
| 21 | And now it has launched a Home Emergency Service to do the same for homeowners . |
| 22 | Instead he raised his talons and struck at the wire mesh in his own turn , which only provoked the other eagle to do the same again , the sounds of both of them increased by the flapping of their great wings and the crashing of their beaks on the cage walls as they vainly tried to get at each other . |
| 23 | ‘ No doubt you 'd have revelled in the opportunity to play Mr Wonderful on the slopes if the roads had n't been blocked , but frankly I did n't see any reason for giving you the chance to do the same here . |
| 24 | Detective Inspector Frank Wilkinson of Skelmersdale CID said : ‘ We want to find this man before he has a chance to do the same thing again . |
| 25 | When Merry blows it in the Shire the revolution against sloth and shabbiness and Saruman- ‘ Sharkey ’ is on : no doubt Tolkien would have liked to be able in his own person to do the same . |
| 26 | Now ask a friend to do the same analysis of your attitudes , preferences and prejudices . |
| 27 | Two elderly ladies getting out seemed to be having difficulty in trying to persuade a large dog to do the same . |
| 28 | The German Foreign Minister , Herr Hans Dietrich Genscher , is due in Tbilisi this week to do the same , followed later this month by his French counterpart , M Roland Dumas . |
| 29 | Now that two hundred pound will only pay one man for a for a week to do the same thing . |
| 30 | He drove himself hard , expecting his workforce to do the same , but he was quick to provide them with social benefits — housing in 1901 and 1908 , a hospital and benefit scheme in 1917 , holidays with pay , and a consultative board of directors and workers ' representatives in 1927 . |