Example sentences of "[verb] way as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shall not give way as I am responding specifically to the hon. Gentleman 's speech . |
| 2 | Streets are blocked and atheism has to give way as people kneel in the streets and cross themselves with the sign of the Holy Trinity . ) |
| 3 | She tried to twist away from him , the buttons of her blouse giving way as she moved , but he was too strong ; he imprisoned her within the steel band of his arm , dominating her body with the grinding pressure of his own . |
| 4 | I fled up to the tree-house for my knitting but a branch gave way as I grabbed it and I was pitched into the river . |
| 5 | Mad , that 's what he was — oh ’ Her ankle gave way as she moved , shooting pain , and he caught her as she fainted . |
| 6 | ‘ They would n't get much of a blaze going in this , ’ said Lydia , gesturing at the rain which was falling in an undisciplined , abandoned way as though someone had forgotten to turn it off . |