Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] did the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz expressed his country 's readiness to destroy its chemical weapons stocks on condition that Israel did the same and also signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty , to which Iraq was already a party . |
| 2 | Blake noticed that people used more than words when they communicated with each other , and realised that horses did the same . |
| 3 | And Morse did the same , feeling for a few small moments an intense and splendid happiness . |
| 4 | As everyone feasted themselves Mum went round with the drink , pouring out gin and whisky or stout as they preferred , making sure to test them all as she did so , while Dad and Fred did the same with the ale . |
| 5 | Charles produced a panel of twelve commissioners ( one of them was Nithard ) and Louis did the same . |
| 6 | Hopes of a US-EC compromise were revived on Jan. 21 after Andriessen promised in Washington , following a meeting with the US Representative for Trade Negotiations , Carla Hills , that the EC was prepared to come forward with specific amendments to the Dunkel plan if the USA and Japan did the same . |
| 7 | He would provide food for his visitor and Gina did the same for hers . |
| 8 | ‘ I see , ’ she said and then she bowed , very slightly , and Rose and Grace did the same and then all three moved out of the drawing-room , upright and daunting . |
| 9 | And Paul did the same for the churches he founded , handing down the Christian tradition not impersonally but as inherited truth within the context of relationship . |
| 10 | She accepted hers , and Laura did the same . |
| 11 | R and N worked together — D and A did the same . |
| 12 | In our study , gender was taken account of in the selection of workshops : we studied workshops with men only , with women only , workshops where men and women did the same work and were paid at the same rate , and those where the sexes did different jobs and men were paid more than women . |
| 13 | He was reported to have said that Pakistan had in 1991 frozen production of highly enriched uranium , meeting one of the US demands , but would only destroy its weapons cores if India did the same . |
| 14 | At the finish the Hungarians outsprinted the Belgians while Ballard/Slater did the same to Williams/Martin a couple of minutes later . |
| 15 | ALL RAF INCOMING AIRMEN SPENT THREE WEEKS AT BLACKPOOL FOR DRILLING OR ‘ SQUARE-BASHING ’ , WHILE WAAFS DID THE SAME AT NEARBY MORCAMBE — AND THE TWAIN NEVER MET ! |
| 16 | When England did the same in 1752 we lost 11 days . |
| 17 | Juliet felt rather embarrassed when Nigel did the same , holding her body against his , while his hands moved suggestively over her hips , his mouth seeking hers . |
| 18 | Evidently this belonged to the couple , for they settled down as though at home and made no objection when Hazel did the same . |
| 19 | These ‘ would seem to have been traditional at the time , for Ormandy did the same in his Philadelphia recording . |
| 20 | When Culley did the same , he found himself holding a cold roach . |