Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] the [det] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that two and a eleven basically say the same thing in different in different ways . |
| 2 | If you try and fudge it and set up three or four , say they can all discuss the same thing , you are building in the ability for major conflicts . |
| 3 | Then the trouble would disappear and Robyn would heave a sigh of relief and smile at her luck , only to find the same thing happening a couple of miles down the road , and always after she 'd passed a garage or a phone box . |
| 4 | If the ferret has fallen down a vertical hole within the burrow the line ferret , on approaching , may not necessarily do the same thing . |
| 5 | ‘ On the last tour I basically played the same thing every night and I suddenly came to the realisation that I was n't progressing as much as I should . |
| 6 | On the last tour I basically played the same thing every night and I suddenly came to the realisation that I was n't progressing as much as I should |
| 7 | All doing the same thing with all with the same earning potential . |
| 8 | Look , we 're all doing the same thing at different |
| 9 | Er y your use of the phrase self containment leads me to ask the question , which is that , well in my book it does n't necessarily mean the same thing as an integrated and balanced community , but I 'll put Mr Davis on notice to define what is meant by those adjectives . |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose we 'll be all thinking the same thing tonight , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Emily was obviously thinking the same thing . |
| 12 | As a result , becoming an adult and setting up a household no longer mean the same thing . |
| 13 | And if they took him to hospital he 'd just do the same thing again and again , until his family gave in . |
| 14 | It sounded as though he had already said the same thing to a great many others . |
| 15 | Nutty , having just thought the same thing changed her mind instantly . |
| 16 | Cos on ours , we just return the same thing that they send |
| 17 | Exactly , I was just thinking the same thing . |
| 18 | Residents will not always want the same thing . |
| 19 | The letter always has the same thing to say . |
| 20 | and it always has the same thing |
| 21 | You always say the same thing . |
| 22 | ‘ But if they still show the same thing we are all going to have to respond to it . |
| 23 | I stayed up late to clear things up , and got up early to do the same thing . |
| 24 | The gabble continued , not repeating itself word for word but always saying the same thing . |
| 25 | It 's them , always saying the same thing . |
| 26 | Two people winking are not always doing the same thing . |
| 27 | Everyone in the stand went home saying the same thing — I 'd have got that one . |
| 28 | I entirely accept that if er , four years on we were still doing the same thing that then they 'd be er , some erm , requirement for er , cutting back but I think it is also worth reminding ourselves that due to the action of this conservative government in er , forcing the local government review , er , we are facing the spectre er , of an additional full meeting of this council , and indeed we have had to er , respond to that government initiative . |
| 29 | ‘ We always do the same thing , do n't we ? ’ she said . |
| 30 | It still means the same thing . |