Example sentences of "[pron] way [adv prt] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boredom , the sheer yuk of it swept over me as I pushed my way out of the sick smell of the phone box . |
| 2 | So it becomes very much more common with , among sort of lower middle classes , the people who are working their way out of the working classes . |
| 3 | ( Several delegates were heard to mutter , ‘ Surely that write-off/obsolescence figure was too low ’ , as they made their way out of the main meeting room . ) |
| 4 | SCOTLAND 's engineering sector is still resolutely clawing its way out of the recessionary pit , according to the latest quarterly review issued yesterday by Scottish Engineering , the employers ' organisation . |
| 5 | Something 's snaked its way out of the Spanish Civil War — from fifty years ago — to wrap itself round our throats . ’ |
| 6 | Suddenly , she was fighting her way out of the hot embrace , pushing at his hard shoulders , her swollen lips muttering , ‘ No ! |
| 7 | Well , we 've got somehow to think our way out of the current difficulties . |