Example sentences of "[conj] do the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you want to add anything to that Mr , or does the same point apply ? |
| 2 | This stage of training an owl is much more difficult than doing the same stage with a falcon , because with a falcon you just stick a hood over its head and let it get used to all the different noises . |
| 3 | On this definition , sexist language might not mean only expressions that exclude , insult or trivialise women , but also those that do the same thing to men . |
| 4 | In other words , rather than using a notepad and pen , you have the privilege of paying £100 for a piece of complicated electronics that does the same thing . |
| 5 | If you ask two people to go away and do the same job with a degree of excellence , are you to get the same result at the end of the day ? |
| 6 | She was an extremely angry , very bitter woman , who was determined to get everybody around her as angry as she could , and she succeeded , and I do n't know where she 's moved now , but I 'm sure she will go on and do the same thing , and frankly , I despair of anything being done unless there is some provision made for people such as herself , and one of her friends in particular . |
| 7 | Now he wished he had waited a year and a half and done the same thing here . |
| 8 | I 've had Banville thoroughly checked out , and I know he 's stayed at two other hotels on the island and done the same thing . ’ |
| 9 | Using traditional methods ( ie. pencil and paper ) , I suppose I could easily have got the scissors out and done the same job . |
| 10 | They 've been touring and doing the same thing for forty , fifty years and nothing has changed for them , and so I do n't think it 's a real resurgence in the US , but it 's great to see it happening over here . ’ |
| 11 | Preservatives ! ’ and do the same movements to replace the tin . |
| 12 | Made up of four 30-minute scenes , in each of which the same people say and do the same things in the same setting , Roll On Friday , it is no surprise to learn , has been developed into a five-year television series in New Zealand and Australia . |
| 13 | Iraq , and do the same kind of negotiation . |
| 14 | ‘ The song is about the power of the mind , how you can take two people and do the same thing to both of them . |
| 15 | And you go out and do the same thing again and you 're getting le let off for the same thing all the time and you think you 're going to get away with it all the time . |
| 16 | Then he walked heavily on for a pace or two until his tracks merged with the cart-way , then he turned back along the ruts to the stream and did the same thing again , more lightly this time . |
| 17 | So I rung them again and said it was dangerous and they came out more or less straight away and did the few holes at the top . |
| 18 | The withdrawal from the world , the silence , the disciplines of community and the deliberate cult of monotony in a system where everybody wears the same clothes and does the same things day after day have been found to support the mystic during his frequently lonely journey , to earth him in reality and to wean him away from an excitement and drama that is inimical to the mystical experience . |
| 19 | That done , he leans over to the other side and does the same thing with his other hand and foot so that both his palms and his soles are anointed with his pungent urine . |
| 20 | We want to stay at the top level while doing the same things we did 40 years ago . |
| 21 | In the capital , Bogotá , the ruling Liberal Party ( PL ) suffered a notable set-back ( as did the former guerrilla April 19 Movement ( M-19 ) ) , losing a council seat with their support falling by 30,000 votes . |
| 22 | The trip to Italy went well as did the few days when one of the twins , ( full name Alexander ) was with us . |