Example sentences of "[vb base] the [det] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the flops , the bums all eat the same thing . |
| 2 | Berkeley 's making of ideas into things needs to do justice to the thought that we all ( including God , for Berkeley ) perceive the same things . |
| 3 | always like , quite when they re repeat the same thing the week after . |
| 4 | bring the same things up . |
| 5 | and that each remain the same thing although being described by a variety of different er descriptions . |
| 6 | Study the competition , the commercials and the advertisements of other manufacturers who make the same thing . |
| 7 | well it could be as many as that I mean sit and count it , but there 's a lot of variation , there 's a lot to catch your eye , I mean the more things contrast with each other , the more you notice them , is n't that true . |
| 8 | The words mean the same things whatever they may be , so why should one be nicer or nastier than the other ? |
| 9 | As a result , becoming an adult and setting up a household no longer mean the same thing . |
| 10 | As both the active and the passive sentence mean the same thing , it is reasonable to ask why we need both . |
| 11 | One might even extend the idea and talk of semantic parallelism where two sentences are linked because they mean the same thing . |
| 12 | Does topic mean the same thing as theme , that is , what the message is about ? |
| 13 | Essentially , these three names mean the same thing — ‘ a piece of software ’ — and only differ in terms of size and complexity . |
| 14 | If you do see a sign like that please , or any words that mean the same thing , like no refunds , no money refunded , no money refunded on sale goods any of those phrases , will you please let Trad your nearest Trading Standards Office know . |
| 15 | For some of the work auditory sequences are presented to investigate the question of whether auditory and visual temporal patterns mean the same thing to the infant . |
| 16 | Any one else want to make any comments about this , or can I move on to what is headed in Mr 's criteria , area of no market demand , and one in which we had described , and it may well be coincidental , mean the same thing , be in a location where people want to live . |
| 17 | a natural request erm th the Liberal Democrat one is much more workers and er , and er they mean the same thing , and I think I would er ask for this group er support er the second one rather than the first one . |
| 18 | This too is a technique pioneered by Neighbours , where it works best at the beginning and end of each episode , and in the poignant identification of the tragedy of Paul and Gail , who do and say the same things day after day , but wear different clothes . |
| 19 | Mothers often say that they say the same things over and over again and end up losing their tempers in order to get a response . |
| 20 | Tom McCool , SCOTVEC 's Chief Executive commented ‘ This agreement will help to ensure that employers and others get the message that SVQs and NVQs are based on the same industry determined standards and say the same things about the competence of those who hold them . |
| 21 | I mean probably women are more daring you know because they 've got less to lose in a way I suppose if you if you 're not a councillor you can be more er you know or if you 're not worried for your job or you know or if there is n't a definite structure I suppose in the lodge there 's the definite people that always say the same things you know what I mean and it 's it 's less easy to be spontaneous in that situation I would think you know . |
| 22 | We always say the same things to each other . |
| 23 | And they always say the same things and you think , oh you told us that yesterday . |
| 24 | Most of the Bank 's economists say that Africa 's performance has been disappointing not because the gospel is wrong , but because it has not been properly implemented ( Marxists , mind you , say the same thing about communism ) . |
| 25 | Ail the witnesses say the same thing . ’ |
| 26 | You always say the same thing . |
| 27 | ‘ Apparently she 's seen plenty of specialists and they all say the same thing — she 's blind because she refuses to see . ’ |
| 28 | I think that two and a eleven basically say the same thing in different in different ways . |
| 29 | I say the same thing |
| 30 | Oh yes , oh , the rangers say the same thing , do what you 've always done . |