Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] to do [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 'd like my mother to do the same . ’
2 When his own daughter passed the age of twelve , Salah kept her at school and persuaded the parents of six of her contemporaries to do the same .
3 6.2 WE HAVE DONE ALL IN OUR POWER TO AVOID INDUSTRIAL ACTION AND CONTINUE NEGOTIATINS , WE ASK THE COMMITTEE TO ILLUSTRATE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO DO THE SAME .
4 They want their governments to do the same , especially on defence .
5 She went on to say that although she 'd done what she could from her Oxford home , and encouraged her friends to do the same , eventually she just had to pack and go to Orkney .
6 ( 7 ) Archive material is unique and irreplacable , and history teachers should handle original material carefully and encourage their pupils to do the same .
7 Designed for four sessions , Parenting In a TV Age provides a step-by-step process to help parents learn to analyse the media , to teach their children to do the same themselves and to enable them develop selection criteria for what to watch and what to miss .
8 It encourages its employees to do the same on an individual basis .
9 The plaintiff may have made the most material changes in his position , and have induced the object of his affections to do the same , and have incurred pecuniary liabilities resulting in embarrassments , which would be in every sense a loss , if the income which had been promised should be withheld ; and if the promise was made in order to induce the parties to marry , the promise so made would be , in legal effect , a request to marry .
10 He removed a birdcage containing a mechanical singing canary from his chair and sat down , gesturing for his guests to do the same .
11 Furthermore he would instruct all the dealers in his charge to do the same , on the grounds that a joint effort would shift the share price , and that , besides , the company 's prospects were good anyway .
12 After all , Fidel Castro managed to give up smoking , and urged his people to do the same .
13 He encourages his people to do the same .
14 He drove himself hard , expecting his workforce to do the same , but he was quick to provide them with social benefits — housing in 1901 and 1908 , a hospital and benefit scheme in 1917 , holidays with pay , and a consultative board of directors and workers ' representatives in 1927 .
15 Bumping into a German , the Colonel , with natural politeness , said ‘ Sorry ’ before the man surrendered and persuaded his mates to do the same .
16 He calls his followers to do the same in their relationships with others .
17 Do n't you think you might find it in your heart to do the same ? ’
18 It is our aim to do the same on the draft treaty on political union .
19 Most of the time we communicate verbally to each other , and we expect our horses to do the same .
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