Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the way " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 He was not supporting me in the way I felt he should support me .
2 She endured his lovemaking , sometimes she even enjoyed it , but for the greater part she could not love him in the way he truly deserved .
3 And the rag trade was also upside down ready on the trailer to come across , I wo n't bore you with the way they do their budgeting for example , but what happens is , my wife will go to one of those suppliers and say yes , a number of my people want to buy that dress so we want a thousand of them .
4 ‘ It 's only a bunch of flowers , ’ he said , pleased with her response , ‘ although I can guarantee that I have bought them , and have n't picked them on the way over .
5 ‘ And you ca n't blame him for the way we 've been conceding goals .
6 ‘ Do n't blame me for the way you interpret anything I say , ’ he said blandly .
7 You ca n't raise it by the way .
8 Do n't punish them for the way in which they behave today and let them get away with the same thing tomorrow just because your own mood is different , or the matter is n't worth ‘ all that bother ’ anyway .
9 I had n't wanted him before he was born , and , though I had never neglected him physically , I had n't loved him in the way most mothers love their children .
  Next page