Example sentences of "the way [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And today really is er decision day that er first of all we 'll get one of the hurdles out of the way whether you and I think that this is a good |
| 2 | But nine out of 10 said you should n't go all the way unless both you and the girl want to . |
| 3 | The whole hall is convulsed to see children elbowed out of the way while the adults take over skipping ropes and doubledutch , 1920s style , fills the screen . |
| 4 | Lawler moved away from the wall and immediately stubbed his toe against a heavy cast-iron ornament that had been placed out of the way while the small oval table it normally stood on in the lobby was being repaired . |
| 5 | ‘ Do you mind getting out of the way while I serve the lady , ’ he stormed . |
| 6 | He also had to time his swim carefully to avoid the famous Severn bore , spending an hour and a half in a pub along the way while it passed . |
| 7 | The older and stronger birds lead the way while the weaker ones follow . |
| 8 | ‘ It got me out of the way while you put your nasty little heads together ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Be my guest , ’ Ben said , and stood back out of the way while Andrew examined him gently but thoroughly . |
| 10 | ‘ Mr Butters has placed obstacles in our path all the way while at the same time stating that he wants us to stay at Belle Vue . |
| 11 | Quite happy for you to stay out the way while I do it . |
| 12 | This was the first hard evidence that a change in the advanced courses was on the way although , ever since the development at National Certificate level , it had been assumed that a major change in the advanced level would follow in due course . |
| 13 | ‘ I have positively done nothing but dream of the System of no Property every step of the Way since I left you , ’ he wrote back to Oxford on 13 July . |
| 14 | William Cooper , for example , suggested that for his contemporaries , ‘ the Experimental Novel had got to be brushed out of the way before we could get a proper hearing ’ ( in Rabinovitz 1967 : 7 ) , and C. P. Snow explained in 1958 that : |
| 15 | If those trainers did n't want to end up in a splash they 'd better get out of the way before I … |
| 16 | They had their midday meal fairly early , so as to have it out of the way before their peculiar visitor arrived . |
| 17 | She 'd pushed her bicycle most of the way before she collected enough sense to get on and ride it . |
| 18 | A safety catch must first be pushed out of the way before the lever can be raised to retract the undercarriage , but there is also a ‘ squat ’ switch arrangement to prevent accidental retraction while the weight of the aircraft is on its wheels . |
| 19 | BEST to be in bed and out of the way before Mr Evans came home ! |
| 20 | The Bar examinations should , of course , be got out of the way before pupillage commences , for you can not do two things at once . |
| 21 | Josie said that she did n't usually get in until around six , but that there were a few extra jobs that she wanted to finish off ; Lucy had the feeling , but did n't say so , that the main point of the exercise was probably to get her out of the way before the slender red-haired woman arrived home . |
| 22 | ‘ We have to get you out of the way before we deal with the Emperor . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You want me out of the way before Adam arrives . |
| 24 | She got rid of that nonsense somewhere down the way before she came to me . |
| 25 | We want to get it out of the way before it starts escalating . |
| 26 | So will more than likely be off next week , but I do want to try and get something done with this and some of the other accounts , I want to try and get them out the way before I |
| 27 | Well there 're not normally saying will you get out the way before I throw this thing or I 'll stab you with it . |
| 28 | I 've just got to get them out of the way before I get back to work . ’ |
| 29 | Although community care year one is meant to be ‘ steady state ’ , there are bound to be plenty of bumps along the way before it gives way to the managerially more predictable , through financially harsher , 1994–5 . |
| 30 | and out of the way before I come up next Friday . |