Example sentences of "much [art] same thing [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Horses do much the same thing except that , probably for reasons of historical accident , they run on only one toe instead of two . |
| 2 | When he arrived he was doing much the same thing since he was n't as naïve about the values of the secret world as she assumed : assuring himself there was nothing to suspect and being careful not to find any signs of it . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's pretty much the same thing that is happening in my body . ’ |
| 4 | We are saying much the same thing when we derive the antithesis between sexuality and civilization from the circumstance that sexual love is a relationship between two individuals in which a third can only be superfluous or disturbing , whereas civilization depends on relationships between a considerable number of individuals . |
| 5 | ‘ Much the same thing as we used to do . |
| 6 | Under the scheme holders of government bonds could choose to exchange them for South Sea Company shares , and the government would pay interest on these bonds to the South Sea Company at a lower rate than it paid previously — the South Sea Company was doing much the same thing as the East India Company , providing the government with a loan at a reduced rate of interest in exchange for overseas trading privileges . |