Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] the [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sent away and passed the exams and I became a policeman , but I always wanted to become a policeman when I , from about eighteen or nineteen it 's just that I drifted the wrong way . |
| 2 | Like many others from the 1960s and before , I am fortunate that I missed the modern way and so view science as a richer and altogether more fulfilling experience . |
| 3 | ‘ So I knew the only way to get you running was to start moving . ’ |
| 4 | We believe that it represents the best way forward , not just for this country but for Europe . |
| 5 | They stood before the dressing table for a while , looking at it and discussing it , apparently , but eventually just turned it round so that it faced the wrong way , rather than turn it upside down . |
| 6 | He immediately set off and arrived that night at Lesnes Abbey in Erith , with his household , and if we are to believe that he walked the whole way , it was a goodly walk for a bishop . |
| 7 | If I was a man and I thought the only way to get my jollies was by coughing up for a woman 's veal in a sorrel coulis , I would be suicidal . |
| 8 | And so he asked this girl Jane and , and then he asked me and erm and er had I sat down and thought about it I could have said well er what I thought , you know , the correct way er but I thought well there 's correct and there 's correct and I think the right way is to write to it and to say yes thanks |
| 9 | go in the opposite direction , turned your pen round and you go the other way . |
| 10 | And you feel the same way about me . |
| 11 | Mm , they had to take it off and she went the other way then |
| 12 | I asked my neighbour to turn down her records as I found it impossible to concentrate and she said the only way she could cope with the stress of her reality was to blast her music . |
| 13 | If you take the easy way you will have failed , and nothing will save you then , not your skill , not your determination or righteousness , and not your luck because that will have turned against you . |
| 14 | You can get round him if you go the right way about it . |
| 15 | If we go the right way about it , we could set ourselves up nice with a good little earner still in Rafferty 's . ’ |
| 16 | If we took the Labour way , it would be fairer , and I can quickly give some reasons . |
| 17 | ‘ If we want the old way of life back we have to vote with our feet and vote now . ’ |
| 18 | They needed the captain back on the rails immediately , and they knew the best way to do this was let him simmer down for 24 hours . |
| 19 | If they thought the same way as Joe Punter , they 'd be Joe Punter , and somebody else would be having all the fun . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , and he feels the same way . |
| 21 | Now Dr Winfield — and I have ratified this — made 127 sorties ; he could not have enjoyed his period at the Institute very much because he never seemed to he there , But he would come on a station with some project he wanted to fully research and he believed the only way to fully research these things was to " try them out on the dog " . |
| 22 | And if it goes the other way , and he 's called guilty of murder , then , worse , he 'll hang . ’ |
| 23 | She knew she was in love with him , but did n't know if he felt the same way about her . |
| 24 | He says that it would cost him more money if he went the other way . |
| 25 | See diversion sign and ask B if he knows the best way around it . |
| 26 | ‘ I may not know much , but I know the best way to deal with situations like this . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | All sorts of tricks were tried in order to harden the conkers — gentle baking , soaking in a mixture of salt and vinegar , but I think the best way was to allow them to harden naturally in the sun on a window sill . |
| 29 | Since it is inevitable , I wish I could come to terms with it , but I find the only way I can cope at present is to avoid thinking about it . |
| 30 | I have always said the people were right in what they asked ; but you went the wrong way to get it . ’ |