Example sentences of "[noun sg] do the [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His achievements to date were listed : charges laid on the railway in the Tobruk area on the night of 14 October ; a failed attempt to do the same near Sidi Barani which resulted in the death of the patrol commander , Lieutenant Shorten ; two further breaks in the railway on 24 October ; nine breaks on 29 October , and finally another attack on the track on 31 October . |
| 2 | If traditional metaphor brings together two semantic fields by means of a similarity of signifieds , then the pun does the same by virtue of a homonymy or similarity of signifiers . |
| 3 | What must be hurting him today is that others did not have the courage to do the same to him . |
| 4 | It is our aim to do the same on the draft treaty on political union . |
| 5 | ‘ I babysit for them about once a fortnight while Graham stays at home with our own children , and she or her husband do the same for us , ’ explains Sally . |
| 6 | Thomas fitzBernard as Chief Justice of the Forest heard Forest pleas in twenty-nine counties between 1178 and 1180 , and his successor Geoffrey fitzPeter did the same between 1184 and 1185 . |
| 7 | Basically this involves using the right foot to draw the ball into the post from the left side of the field and the left foot to do the same from the right side . |
| 8 | It was a pity he did n't get the opportunity to do the same against France in the final . |
| 9 | And now it has launched a Home Emergency Service to do the same for homeowners . |
| 10 | Once the whole company have learned the words they are divided into two groups with one side of the room singing and doing the actions to the first verse and the other doing the same for the second . |
| 11 | ‘ A woman did the same in the west country . ’ |
| 12 | Society imposes an obligation to look after his parents , as a debt owed to them for his upbringing , and owed to society for passing on to his children the obligation to do the same for him . |
| 13 | The Habsburgs thus tried to isolate the various movements of national autonomy from their peasant base , and the Russian tsar did the same in Poland . |
| 14 | Would not any of us wish , in the circumstances , that the courageous and humane Dr Nigel Cox was on duty to do the same for us as he did for Mrs Boyes ? |
| 15 | The new stone signs are now in place at the Groves Road and Castletown Road entrances , lending lustre to the Village , and negotiations are in hand to do the same at the Nursing Home end in the near future . |
| 16 | On several occasions , we have invited former members of staff to launch previews , and I am sure it is a good idea to do the same at Lyons farm . |
| 17 | The kid brother went on to make a moderate fortune doing the same with golf balls and golf clubs . |