Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] the same thing " in BNC.
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1 | Do all parties use the same words to mean the same thing ( eg do management accounts include a balance sheet or cash flow statement ) ? |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . ’ |
4 | ‘ Every time we started doing a piece of research , ’ said an NCC officer , ‘ we 'd find the CEGB then commissioned another research team to investigate the same thing . ’ |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Now that two hundred pound will only pay one man for a for a week to do the same thing . |
8 | I stuck it for about a year and then moved on to another , slightly better hotel to do the same thing for marginally more money . |
9 | Such a taboo breaker is dangerous to the rest of the members of the society because they have strong unconscious desires to do the same thing . |