Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] the same thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At first I was upset by this development , ’ said one official , ‘ but then I realised that with so many places selling the same things either they would go bust or they would have to channel their efforts into other , more necessary things . ’ |
| 2 | I remembered my own boyhood watching cavalrymen sticking tent pegs at the gymkhanas , and tried knights on shining white chargers , complete with shining white bascinets , breastplates , leg armour and gauntlets doing the same thing to my inside , but they never really filled the role . |
| 3 | She sweetly punctuated every pause with ‘ Actually , we have had quite a few calls saying the same thing , ’ and ‘ Actually , I must say , I do rather agree with you . ’ |
| 4 | We have now a number of equations describing the same thing . |
| 5 | NBT audiences are ‘ not content to look at rows and rows of identical girls doing the same thing , ’ he maintains . |
| 6 | I was n't too happy about getting down the rock-climb , but luckily there were two other fellows doing the same thing so we egged each other on . |