Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] the [adj] way [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pike 's legs went up and down like someone walking the wrong way along a travelator . |
| 2 | When I first began designing for double jacquard , which was quite a long time ago , there was little or no information available and not many knitters used the technique , so over the years I learnt the hard way by trial and error . |
| 3 | ‘ I am more and more Christian as I walk the unchristian ways of Christendom ’ , he wrote , confessing himself ‘ a conscientious objector with a very seared conscience ’ . |
| 4 | I enjoyed the French way of playing . ’ |
| 5 | I walked the long way with the early sun bright in my eyes and frosted gravel crisp beneath my feet . |
| 6 | We have n't been trying hard to persuade the Garrimperos to adopt different technologies , more modern technologies that would avoid the contamination of the mercury , but as I said I believe the only way of reaching this goal is if we can organize the Garrimperos to have er a kind of er institutionalized way of exploiting gold , not the sort of gold rush i that is being on and on On and off in Brazil for two centuries right now . |
| 7 | ‘ I believe the only way for community nursing to develop is to extend the district nursing service . |
| 8 | But I suppose the best way of answering that is to say that my own two sons aged 9 and 11 are playing rugby , love it , and I have no hesitation in letting them do so . |
| 9 | I feel the same way about the police . |
| 10 | I talked the same way at his age , fighting my rogue aitches and glottal stops . |
| 11 | The erm I think the best way to er start on this er . |
| 12 | I think the best way of looking at this is to kind of take an open-ended version of what the Vienna settlement is all about . |
| 13 | is part of which I think is just ridiculous and will be a nice well meaning democratic tolerant guy in but considering the history of those two countries I rather doubt it erm and I , I think the best way of securing er the safety of that population is actually to change the border before the borders are are fixed and settled and before these countries actually become independent . |
| 14 | Last month ( p 93 ) , I outlined the main ways in which a company can relieve its ACT . |
| 15 | The most important concept of Islam is the Shari'a , or the ‘ path ’ , which embraces the total way of life ordained by God . |
| 16 | Similarly , they challenge the cultural imperialism of a politics which ignores the complex ways in which class and culture affect our sexualities . |
| 17 | Controls for the windows and electric sun-roof are within easy reach near the gearstick ; Michael echoed a common complaint about the window buttons , which work the opposite way to what you 'd expect . |
| 18 | And I 've got something to tell you which may make you feel the same way about me . " |
| 19 | A few of the larger villas were occupied by Roman officials and others by native British landowners who adopted the Roman way of life . |
| 20 | So how do you how do you see the ideal way of arranging a room ? |
| 21 | In 1964 , Lord Gardiner , who shortly afterwards became Lord Chancellor himself , said that since 1951 ‘ one or two ’ Lord Chancellors ( there had been only three ) ‘ felt that the standard of members of the bar going into the House of Commons has fallen noticeably since the war , and if you want the right men in the House of Commons then you must reward the man who votes the right way with a judgeship ’ . |
| 22 | And you feel the same way about me . |
| 23 | Thankful that because of Rosie 's appendix she knew the quickest way to the hospital well , Shelley drove like a demon after the ambulance , and ran in as the casualty was stretchered in . |
| 24 | Oh , lord , I hope she feels the same way about him ! |
| 25 | ‘ I think she feels the same way about you too , but Romanies and gorgios should n't marry . |
| 26 | You can get round him if you go the right way about it . |
| 27 | Of course , I 've always loved her but I 'd no idea she felt the same way about me until she told me this afternoon . |
| 28 | Sorry , Colin , but you learned the hard way about the harsh truths of the boxing world . |
| 29 | Did you find the quick way of working out the area of the rectangle in question 1 . |
| 30 | She disliked the casual way in which he made decisions profoundly affecting other people 's lives — choosing whose tale of woe should be front page news , and whose story deserved nothing more than the wastepaper bin . |