Example sentences of "[vb past] the same thing [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | We heard the same thing when the Labour Government introduced the Equal Pay Act 1970 . |
2 | And erm , they recorded different things , but Mat but also they recorded the same things as well |
3 | He thought your freelance Mrs Howard represented the same thing that he thinks he represents himself : the defence of this country . |
4 | What with those tutors , hers is English English , her friends ’ English ; she did the same things and made the same jokes and had the qualities they admired — the post-Edwardians , the young new Georgians of her set , her sets — dash , courage , brilliance , intellectual freedom . |
5 | I did the same things when we did |
6 | The idea that dinosaurs simply radiated into the ecological niches that had already been vacated , and that mammals I 30 million or so years later did the same thing after the dinosaurs had departed , has profound philosophical implications . |
7 | It was the first big opera he 'd conducted and he just did n't know how to do that , how to pace himself Incidentally he did the same thing when we recorded Peter Grimes and Reggie had to come in and help finish the recording . |
8 | No one should forget he said the same thing before Celtic played Partizan . |