Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] to do the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hate it when people cry , cos it makes me want to do the same thing . |
| 2 | A rock jutted out which others had grabbed as they swung down , but as I tried to do the same there was no edge below for my feet and I whimpered pathetically dangling on the end of the rope . |
| 3 | I tried to do the same , and in between sailing my own boat and the occasional cutter duty managed to concentrate enough on my proper job to pass a promotion examination in 1956 . |
| 4 | Having succeeded in making your formulae work for Lotus 1-2-3 and for As-Easy-As I tried to do the same in Excel . |
| 5 | ‘ I hope to do the same in London this year as I did last — win it . |
| 6 | It 's bad enough having to take out a loan to get married , I sometimes wonder if I need to do the same as a bridesmaid ! |
| 7 | And she wants to do the same things as us . |
| 8 | Hardly aware of what she was doing , she tried to do the same , thankful that her shoes had soft soles . |
| 9 | ‘ And you propose to do the same ? ’ |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | If you do want to enjoy a one-to-one relationship of a companionable or romantic nature there are various ways one can make contact , other people who want to do the same and they need not have marriage as an aim if that is not what you want . |
| 12 | Last year there were six weeks of industrial action , and if needs be , are you prepared to do the same again ? |
| 13 | Now would you like to do the same for yours , work out what fraction of a total yours are . |
| 14 | She was afraid to look round again , but the other housemaid was ready to carry soup bowls to the table and she had to do the same . |
| 15 | It 's the monotony I do n't like — it 's repetitive and you have to do the same things each day . |
| 16 | And then you have to do the same thing again for the second line look |
| 17 | Sometimes if the the piece of furniture is very large you have to do the same with the top one where there 's another lap there , that one , another piece of beading there , and this will come out as well . |
| 18 | ‘ We agreed to do the same number of hours … ’ |
| 19 | I 'm expecting him to chip-up and two-putt for a five ( the 17th was a par-5 ) , so I 'm thinking we have to do the same in reverse . |
| 20 | But they got the main job done and now they want to do the same against Spain next month before heading to Belfast for a party . |
| 21 | Anyone reading this who used to use The Guardian as a mirror in the mornings to find out what they thought about the issues of the day is likely to be in for a shock if they try to do the same today . |
| 22 | When the state took over recruitment under the Military Service Acts , the party continued to be involved : many agents were transferred to the army , where they continued to do the same job , and many party offices were lent to the government as recruitment centres . |
| 23 | They plan to do the same for other utility supplies later in the year . |
| 24 | Now he planned to do the same with the female cub , who had been given the most unleopard-like name of Harriet . |
| 25 | She is indeed ready to die , and it is a difficulty that Justin may feel that he has to do the same . |
| 26 | who comes two years later when he has to do the same price again and it costs him money or her . |
| 27 | I thought ‘ What 's the other person going to put down , is he going to do the same ? |
| 28 | Impressed by what he saw , he resolved to do the same for Liverpool . |