Example sentences of "[verb] to do the [det] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then you came into my life and tried to do the same thing ! |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | Well Kerry 's going to do the same thing for twenty four . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I would like to do the same thing to them |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I hate it when people cry , cos it makes me want to do the same thing . |
| 10 | As for advising someone else who might want to do the same thing as myself , I do n't know what to say . |
| 11 | Even to play with a pick I would have to do the same thing , like Phil Lynott did , whereas to play with my fingers in a heavy metal kind of way , as I normally do , I have to have the bass quite low or else my wrist gets mangled up and I start having problems with tendonitis . |
| 12 | Rupert Murdoch decided to do the same thing with The Times . |
| 13 | They , indeed , were the first animals to master flight and they did so some two hundred million years before birds managed to do the same thing . |
| 14 | ‘ America is so big that bands are n't surrounded by other bands trying to do the same thing . |
| 15 | HP would know something about the exercise since it 's trying to do the same thing and the best it 's been able to come up with is the diskless 16Mb 715/33 for $5,700 or 525Mb 715/33 for $7,400 . |
| 16 | Last night , Sam had tried to manipulate Clare , and now her grandmother was trying to do the same thing on his behalf . |
| 17 | As I say the present day er premier just now is actually trying to do the same thing as a repeat performance |
| 18 | and you 've got to try and get round them , oh god , there 's about six thousand trying to do the same thing . |
| 19 | You 're trying to do the same thing but whereas in feudal exploitation |
| 20 | He had also engaged to do the same thing for Chief Superintendent John Coffin and one or two other enemies if he could get round to them , but he had let Place know that he had a prior claim . |
| 21 | And then you have to do the same thing again for the second line look |
| 22 | However , industry is not required to do the same thing . |