Example sentences of "try to do the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | A rock jutted out which others had grabbed as they swung down , but as I tried to do the same there was no edge below for my feet and I whimpered pathetically dangling on the end of the rope . |
| 2 | Hardly aware of what she was doing , she tried to do the same , thankful that her shoes had soft soles . |
| 3 | I tried to do the same , and in between sailing my own boat and the occasional cutter duty managed to concentrate enough on my proper job to pass a promotion examination in 1956 . |
| 4 | Having succeeded in making your formulae work for Lotus 1-2-3 and for As-Easy-As I tried to do the same in Excel . |
| 5 | ‘ Then you came into my life and tried to do the same thing ! |
| 6 | Alternatively , make for Tower Bridge , but time is again of the essence as huge numbers of loving relatives and friends will try to do the same and space is limited . |
| 7 | Aldermaston scientists will try to do the same with hair from Anna Anderson who claimed , until her death in America eight years ago , that she was the Tsar 's daughter Anastasia — the sole survivor of the massacre . |
| 8 | They 'll probably try to do the same at Forteviot . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Wild animals tend to hide away when they fall ill or are injured , and those in captivity try to do the same , but it 's almost impossible for them . |
| 11 | I agree the West must not support such despots by arming them to the teeth , but one thing the war did show was that if any other would-be adventurist in the Middle East tries to do the same as Saddam , he knows what to expect . . |
| 12 | As JFK was white America 's attempt to come to terms with its violent history so Malcolm X tries to do the same for a black martyr . |
| 13 | Paula Yates is positioned as the fluffy bimbo , and Muriel Gray is the one who stalked through the set being rather rude to the bands and deconstructing the whole female persona ; I think she 's trying to do the same now with the chat show . |
| 14 | ‘ America is so big that bands are n't surrounded by other bands trying to do the same thing . |
| 15 | But the idea of trying to do the same was impossible for Midlander like me — the nearest reservoir was over 20 miles away and after a couple of circuits would soon have lost its charm . |
| 16 | America 's airlines will not welcome another foreign rival trying to do the same — especially a state-owned carrier . |
| 17 | Omri Serlin notes in his ’ FT Systems ’ newsletter that IBM is out to establish CICS as an industry standard , positioning it to compete with USL 's Tuxedo , Transarc Corp Encina and NCR Corp 's Top End and clearly threatening USL which is trying to do the same for Tuxedo . |
| 18 | HP would know something about the exercise since it 's trying to do the same thing and the best it 's been able to come up with is the diskless 16Mb 715/33 for $5,700 or 525Mb 715/33 for $7,400 . |
| 19 | Such success for developing countries is not always the case , even in the same industry ; Bolivia has had a sorry experience in trying to do the same as its Eastern rivals , but has suffered from a critical lack of expertise . |
| 20 | It 's trying to do the same work with the smaller amount of blood as it did with the full amount , ten pints perhaps reduced down to seven , got to keep pump , pump , pump , pump , pump , pump , pump , because that little bit of blood has got to get round and do a lot more work now , okay , so the blood 's rushing round and the heart is pushing faster because it 's having to , because it 's not enough of the , not so much pressure there , that 's why it feels weak , weak and fast , okay ? |
| 21 | Last night , Sam had tried to manipulate Clare , and now her grandmother was trying to do the same thing on his behalf . |
| 22 | As I say the present day er premier just now is actually trying to do the same thing as a repeat performance |
| 23 | The other manufacturers are trying to do the same but I think some of them are a bit behind Rover and they 've got to catch up . |
| 24 | and you 've got to try and get round them , oh god , there 's about six thousand trying to do the same thing . |
| 25 | You 're trying to do the same thing but whereas in feudal exploitation |