Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] the [det] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 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 | Those coming in from the sea do the same thing in reverse , leaving the wheel with a sideways dive when they are within a few yards of their nest-hole . |
| 4 | A footballer done the same thing . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Now that two hundred pound will only pay one man for a for a week to do the same thing . |
| 7 | It is in a way saying the same thing as the preface to The Reason of Church Government . |
| 8 | Alternatively , let him fly high to act as a aerial patrol to intercept an enemy trying the same thing . |