Example sentences of "[coord] say the same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chambers and Trudgill ( 1980 : 90 ) note that it is ‘ not possible to set up done as any kind of linguistic variable , since it is not a form which is involved in alternation with other forms that could be considered to be ‘ equivalent ways of doing or saying the same thing ’ ' . |
| 2 | Particularly , the notion of ‘ equivalent ways of doing or saying the same thing ’ to which Weiner and Labov obliquely refer ( see above ) is much less straightforward than it seems . |
| 3 | Because syntax is embedded in discourse , entirely different forms might have similar functions ( i.e. be used as equivalent ways of doing or saying the same thing ) ; for this reason it is sometimes difficult to specify a principled way of knowing where to stop counting particular forms as variants of a variable . |
| 4 | This may be said to constitute evidence that the speaker views [ SVQ ] and [ QSV ] as ‘ equivalent ways of doing or saying the same thing ’ . |
| 5 | This too is a technique pioneered by Neighbours , where it works best at the beginning and end of each episode , and in the poignant identification of the tragedy of Paul and Gail , who do and say the same things day after day , but wear different clothes . |
| 6 | Tom McCool , SCOTVEC 's Chief Executive commented ‘ This agreement will help to ensure that employers and others get the message that SVQs and NVQs are based on the same industry determined standards and say the same things about the competence of those who hold them . |
| 7 | All that crap about ‘ I do n't know why I lurv you but I do ’ was bollocks 'cos he then went and said the same things to the scum . |
| 8 | He announced measures which would reduce the total business rates bill by 2.6 per cent and said the same reduction would apply in Scotland and Wales . |
| 9 | He had a low doddering voice and said the same thing every time . |
| 10 | A doctor came , and said the same thing , then she went off duty for lunch . |
| 11 | So I said ‘ Well , there 's no need to be frightened of him , he would n't touch you ’ , but you see then somebody was talking to me on the phone last night and said the same thing ‘ We do n't come any more to say prayers as we go through the churchyard because we 're frightened ’ . |