Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] the [det] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then of course , when she came into the village to buy the few things they need — it is astonishing how modest Mr Swinton 's needs seem to be , she hardly buys any comforts at all but I gather his man is an excellent gardener and they keep a pig for bacon — ’ |
| 2 | In these circumstances I thought it would better serve the interests of air safety generally if a properly appointed accredited representative had the right to do the same thing . |
| 3 | Sometimes , when Henry was trying to write a letter of apology to the analyst for having quit , and wondering whether the man was all right — and when Finch was pondering the need to do the same thing — they would wander off together and watch Cecil coaching the people he referred to as ‘ the speaking parts . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Every time we started doing a piece of research , ’ said an NCC officer , ‘ we 'd find the CEGB then commissioned another research team to investigate the same thing . ’ |
| 5 | In the same day we went to Oulton board to do the same thing but in freezing cold water that was not as much fun as the survival tank . |
| 6 | Detective Inspector Frank Wilkinson of Skelmersdale CID said : ‘ We want to find this man before he has a chance to do the same thing again . |
| 7 | Now that two hundred pound will only pay one man for a for a week to do the same thing . |
| 8 | I stuck it for about a year and then moved on to another , slightly better hotel to do the same thing for marginally more money . |