Example sentences of "[noun prp] did the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laura began to cry and , despite herself , Maggie did the same . |
| 2 | Sharpe did the same , simply aiming the rifle in the direction of the column , and pulling the trigger so that the bullet whipped off through the stalks . |
| 3 | Riven did the same , unsmiling . |
| 4 | Bemused , Jane did the same . |
| 5 | Juliet felt rather embarrassed when Nigel did the same , holding her body against his , while his hands moved suggestively over her hips , his mouth seeking hers . |
| 6 | Powell did the same . |
| 7 | When England did the same in 1752 we lost 11 days . |
| 8 | Nick Polkinhorne ( using less sophisticated software than Mr Ferris : an overhead projector ) offered a demonstration of how to use TeleOrdering ; Kevin Allard did the same with First Edition , the EDI service for the book trade set up last year by Book Data and Vista . |
| 9 | Charles produced a panel of twelve commissioners ( one of them was Nithard ) and Louis did the same . |
| 10 | How long would it be , Carew wondered , before the Hacketts and the Merricks and the Townshends did the same ? |
| 11 | The first culprit had been Paul Azinger an hour or so before but his slip had gone unpunished when Seve Ballesteros did the same with his approach to the green . |
| 12 | With one hand Taheb did the same , while the other guided him into her . |
| 13 | British actors Glen Murphy , Sean Blowers and Richard Walsh did the same for London 's Burning . |
| 14 | Evidently this belonged to the couple , for they settled down as though at home and made no objection when Hazel did the same . |
| 15 | Joey did the same . |
| 16 | As everyone feasted themselves Mum went round with the drink , pouring out gin and whisky or stout as they preferred , making sure to test them all as she did so , while Dad and Fred did the same with the ale . |
| 17 | Carrie did the same . |
| 18 | ALL RAF INCOMING AIRMEN SPENT THREE WEEKS AT BLACKPOOL FOR DRILLING OR ‘ SQUARE-BASHING ’ , WHILE WAAFS DID THE SAME AT NEARBY MORCAMBE — AND THE TWAIN NEVER MET ! |
| 19 | Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz expressed his country 's readiness to destroy its chemical weapons stocks on condition that Israel did the same and also signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty , to which Iraq was already a party . |
| 20 | I think Mervyn did the same with Douglas Camfield on the Lilliput story [ 'Planet of Giants ' ] we did later . ’ |
| 21 | At the finish the Hungarians outsprinted the Belgians while Ballard/Slater did the same to Williams/Martin a couple of minutes later . |
| 22 | Not only is there no evidence that the inhabitants of Jerusalem did the same , but the petition of the Samaritans clearly implies that they did not do so . |
| 23 | At once Lord Boddy did the same , and one by one , as they listened and nodded , everyone else followed suit . |
| 24 | I remembered them again when Tony Jacklin did the same thing at the very next Open — — and , amazingly , at the 17th again . |
| 25 | Ashton did the same when Daphnis competed for Chloë 's attention in his interpretation of Ravel 's Daphnis and Chloë . |
| 26 | Iris did the same . |
| 27 | Hopes of a US-EC compromise were revived on Jan. 21 after Andriessen promised in Washington , following a meeting with the US Representative for Trade Negotiations , Carla Hills , that the EC was prepared to come forward with specific amendments to the Dunkel plan if the USA and Japan did the same . |
| 28 | Jacques did the same now , but with exaggerated fervour . |
| 29 | And Morse did the same , feeling for a few small moments an intense and splendid happiness . |
| 30 | During his six-year tenure with MIPS , Silvestri did the same kind of job . |