Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] [art] same " in BNC.
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| 1 | But diversifying companies found it much harder to exploit economies of scale and scope in these new fields — usually , says Mr Chandler , because they failed to make the same kind of first-mover investments they had made in their primary businesses . |
| 2 | There were two problems , the youngest children 's reading was n't good enough to manage the menu and most were too short to actually see over the tops of the containers on the heated cabinet to make their choice , because of this when they reached the counter they asked to have the same as the child in front making a nonsense of the notion of choice . |
| 3 | But they got the main job done and now they want to do the same against Spain next month before heading to Belfast for a party . |
| 4 | But although they 'd pursued the same career , that career had taken them in different directions , their meetings infrequent . |
| 5 | In the case of the ‘ Anglo-Saxon conspiracy ’ I do not believe that the majority of international referees would intentionally take biased decisions in favour of one side simply because they happen to speak the same language . |
| 6 | Erm and because they like to keep the same manufacturer on one shaft if they could , they took out six three O seven for the back end . |
| 7 | This approach is particularly useful when their play has become " stuck " , when they continue to enact the same situation in the same way . |
| 8 | Anyone reading this who used to use The Guardian as a mirror in the mornings to find out what they thought about the issues of the day is likely to be in for a shock if they try to do the same today . |
| 9 | And if they keep showing the same committment they showed this afternoon , then we 've got a chance . ’ |
| 10 | They aim to capture the same market — small to medium-sized businesses that in the past did not have the same buying power as blue-chip companies . |
| 11 | Only afterwards is it plain that , for the most part , they 've given the same answers they 've supplied to the press for years . |
| 12 | I mean er they 've had so many problems injury wise I doubt whether they 've played the same tw the same team twice at any stage this season and er on the day with the players they 've got available they 're going to have a a major say in this league this season . |
| 13 | I know s I 've chatted to some other people and they 've said the same so you 're not alone . |
| 14 | They 've done the same again ! |
| 15 | It does n't occur to them that they 've done the same . |
| 16 | They 've done the same thing . |
| 17 | they 've stopped the same |
| 18 | And obviously therefore , cos they obviously therefore , they 've got the same improvements on here as well . |
| 19 | They 've got a different atomic weight , cos they 've got a different number of neutrons , but they got the same number of protons and they 've got the same pattern of electrons , and the pattern of those outer electrons is what decides its chemical properties . |
| 20 | And yet they 've got the same amount of time |
| 21 | They 've got the same squad of fifteen who did so well last week . |
| 22 | W three , no I , I think that , that , that must be cos they 've got the same G here |
| 23 | I mean I must say it looks a bit bitty but erm er now you see up there they 've got the same , similar sort of style really to those houses . |
| 24 | I think people should stick with what suits them , even if they 've had the same thing for years . |
| 25 | Erm we do n't see a great deal of difference that they 've had the same problem as we 've had , in that we ran out of time before we could put the er finished act together properly . |
| 26 | At Tiverton in 1809 they had claimed they had received the same rate for 300 years ! |
| 27 | Then , like a shoal of fish moving within a net , Rose and the girls started to clear the table , to brush away crumbs , to wash , to dry , to return each thing to its own place , all done with a muted energy ; whispers , jokes , little scolding asides — ‘ No , that goes in the other place ’ or reminisce how they had made the same mistake before in order to soften any harshness in the scold , bending low in apologetic laughter . |
| 28 | Over the years they had attended the same victuallers ' functions , and on every occasion Harcourt had kept very much to his own table . |
| 29 | Perhaps they had attended the same college : the college whose colours were cerise and silver . |
| 30 | ‘ The reaction from my clients and business contacts was tremendous — perhaps some of them wish they had done the same — and one senior partner from the Big Six wrote and told me that his mother had been a great friend of Lady Reading , the WRVS 's founder , and that until he was 15 he thought all women dressed in green ! ’ |