Example sentences of "[verb] done the same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ did unlawfully , wilfully and ’ This point will depend on the circumstances of each case , but if the accused has done the same act on a number of occasions , if he admits he did it intentionally or if he draws attention to himself etc. then unlawful and wilful conduct may be proved . |
| 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 | Then he kissed me , and for a moment I remembered a play we were in together , when we 'd done the same sort of kiss , starting with his hand under my chin and just our lips lightly together , and then developing into a full clinch ; but by the time we were deeply embraced I had forgotten the play and could think only that this was like coming home . |
| 5 | If he was in her place , he might have done the same thing . |
| 6 | ‘ Anyone in her shoes would have done the same thing . ’ |
| 7 | 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 … ’ |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | It eventually emerged , after dogged questioning in parliament , that the PSA would have done the same job for £1,500 . |
| 10 | But I 've , what I 'm saying Rod is I 've done the same thing |
| 11 | They 've done the same thing . |
| 12 | It appears we 've done the same thing with the brick and the flints . |
| 13 | We 've done the same numbers every week |
| 14 | I 've had the occasional boyfriend in the past , and I 'm sure you 've done the same sort of thing . |
| 15 | If one of my staff had done the same thing I do believe I 'd have fired him . |
| 16 | ‘ The whole town pretended to be scandalised , but if the boot had been on the other foot — if Sidney , or anybody else for that matter , had done the same thing to Riddle — they would have had a good laugh and it would have been looked upon as good business . ’ |
| 17 | As a child he had done the same thing , as a game ; something to make life more interesting , give It some purpose , then he had begun to have dreams about it , to come to realise that it was real , that he had had an insight when he started to play the game , He had to do it now ; it felt horrible and uncomfortable when he tried to stop , even just to see what it was like walking down a street breathing " normally " . |
| 18 | Ven had done the same thing yesterday . |
| 19 | He probably thought I was punching it because he had done the same thing . |
| 20 | ‘ I AM talking about a man that has done 26 years behind bars and if he had done the same crime today he would have got 10 years and would have got out five years ago ’ — actor Mike Reid on Reggie Kray . |
| 21 | Given the fundamental importance of demography for any assessment of a pre-industrial economy , it is not surprising that economic historians have pressed the surveys into service ( historians of medieval England have done the same sort of thing with Domesday Book ) as sources of demographic data . |
| 22 | They have done the same thing to us as Ward did — they suspended us . |
| 23 | Many people confronted with a crash have done the same thing . |
| 24 | No , we have done the same thing as before with the only difference that we calculated the potential instead of the electric field . |
| 25 | Having publicly committed themselves to extending legislation to protect residents in small private residential care homes , the Government left it to a Back-Bench Member to bring in a Bill , and they have done the same thing again . |