Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] did the [det] " in BNC.

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1 The Shannon Development Company had a ‘ Matchmaker ’ service to match up the capacities of local suppliers with the needs of industrial purchasers , the Irish Development Authority ‘ Project Identification Unit ’ supplied local firms with information on the purchasing requirements of the multinationals , and the Irish Goods Council did the same thing .
2 Thomas fitzBernard as Chief Justice of the Forest heard Forest pleas in twenty-nine counties between 1178 and 1180 , and his successor Geoffrey fitzPeter did the same between 1184 and 1185 .
3 Electronic sound recording gave individuals the chance to bring a fleeting permanence to their radio listening and their own aural environment , and video recording did the same , rather more expensively , for the TV screen .
4 California 's Apple Computer did the same thing in a bigger way last October , when it halved the price-tag on its popular Macintosh model .
5 The tail car did the same .
6 On December 13th the joint meeting of the National Executive and General Council followed suit ; and in the afternoon the Parliamentary Labour Party executive did the same .
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