Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] the [det] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Still , I have seven mediums who appear to see the same thing , with variations , of course — seven people will always see an event differently . |
| 2 | All quite in order , of course , he has done the same thing at least twice before . |
| 3 | Owen is making the point here that the sun once woke this man up , and every morning it has done the same thing , dutifully , as it had woken the rest of the world up too . |
| 4 | Q. Blanket weed caused me tremendous problems in my Koi pond last summer , and I want to avoid the same thing happening this year . |
| 5 | ‘ Then you came into my life and tried to do the same thing ! |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | has experienced the same thing as we all have . |
| 8 | She 'd seen the same thing happen to too many others in the music business , not because they 'd tried and failed to be carbon copies of Aurora Blake , but simply because they 'd tried to force a talent they simply did n't possess . |
| 9 | In Long island , New York , another teenage boy was critically injured trying the same thing . |
| 10 | soc : And I suppose you 'd like more of the same so you can go on pinpointing variation and replicate the studies which have been done to show the same thing in different places , or maybe to include a few more explanatory variables in your statistical model ? |
| 11 | She could 've had the same thing free on the National Health ! |
| 12 | I would like to see the same thing happen to them . ’ |
| 13 | Well Kerry 's going to do the same thing for twenty four . |
| 14 | Daedalus would like to do the same thing for human senses , and DREADCO chemists are now at work on his ‘ contrast-exalting spectacles ’ or ‘ Cexspex ’ ( Regd. ) make of a cunning tinted glass . |
| 15 | For the er we 'd really like to do the same thing for the whole weapons system with Eurofighter also but the the premium that eurofighter might demand to cover the risk . |
| 16 | I would like to do the same thing to them |
| 17 | about law and the film business cos there 's loads of jobs to choose from , ba and you 've still got to do the same thing |
| 18 | I 've really had to work hard to get where I got to and when I fight a black guy , I know that he 's had to do the same thing , I think : ‘ Well , he 's had it as hard as me ’ and little zest goes out of your punching , I just want to beat him on points . |
| 19 | I was going to say the same thing . |
| 20 | Women 's sub also happened to say the same thing . |
| 21 | Often the two terms are used to mean the same thing . |
| 22 | In fact , you can just get on and off them a few times and they never seem to register the same thing twice ! |
| 23 | I hate it when people cry , cos it makes me want to do the same thing . |
| 24 | As for advising someone else who might want to do the same thing as myself , I do n't know what to say . |
| 25 | And she sits and she talks and she talks and she keeps repeating the same thing again . |
| 26 | If he was in her place , he might have done the same thing . |
| 27 | ‘ Anyone in her shoes would have done the same thing . ’ |
| 28 | Idly I wonder if she 'd have done the same thing had the play been Shakespearean : ‘ Now is the winter of our discontent … but leaving aside discontent for the moment I want you all to put your hands together for good old birthday boy Barry in Box B. All together now , Happy Birthday to you … ’ |
| 29 | So they er would have done the same thing in those days , the children , and erm it fitted in to the easter holiday time to have the actual ploughing match , you see ? |
| 30 | ‘ Sure there 's plenty of people must have said the same thing after a visit from you , love . |