Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] the [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was n't sure about making the sharp turn into the fifth fence , but Ted told me I had to go the fast way everywhere otherwise I had no hope of winning , ’ Mac said . |
| 2 | I 've gone the wrong way round now have n't I ? |
| 3 | I 'm incredibly lazy but I do think I 've found the right way or at least a better way than hers to live . |
| 4 | The ball come across and er I see Bedford had his back to the goal , and I could see he was going to swivel and hit it with his left foot , and I 've just come across the goal and er , he just hit it down low to my right hand side and luckily I 've come the right way and pushed it wide . |
| 5 | What I 've learned , I 've learned the hard way . ’ |
| 6 | Though sometimes , when they 've been smashed into and then I have to turn the other way , they go oh ! |
| 7 | And why she 'd reacted the same way yesterday evening when Jake had started questioning her about her private life . |
| 8 | Under a lot of pressure trying to get quarts out of pint pots and I think y you you 've suffered the same way . |
| 9 | But it 's whether you 've got the right way is n't it ? |
| 10 | She had come the other way to the school , and was parked by the road , now , increasingly fretful that the two boys were nowhere to be seen . |
| 11 | It sounded as if her plans had changed at the last minute and , embarrassed by all the trouble Andrew had gone to on her behalf , she had taken the easy way out by returning the keys without a message . |
| 12 | A further way of introducing some purpose to a day 's sailing is to experiment with different ways of doing things , since you can only be sure that you have found the best way by deliberately trying different ways . |
| 13 | So if that if that 's a right angle only if it 's a right angle cos Pythagoras 's theorem does n't work if it 's not then we 've got the easy way to remember Pythagoras is long equals medium plus short . |
| 14 | We have learnt the hard way and we must admit it " . |
| 15 | We believe we have found the perfect way to explore our islands , by joining a cruise that will encompass some of the most delightful scenery and wonderful houses and gardens , many of which are National Trust , on a two week circumnavigation of the British Isles . |
| 16 | Now it 's on the financial and administrative side that I suspect that the Home Office is concerned about and I believe they 've gone the wrong way about it . |
| 17 | And the police up on the railway embankment when they walked home from school , and the tunnel fenced off so they had to go the long way round . |
| 18 | Penelope wished now that she had worn a dress or suit instead of the elegant tartan trews , but they had seemed the only way to make Rupert Stonebird notice her . |
| 19 | Alexander and Weber believe they have found the best way to establish themselves where they need to be . |
| 20 | With the first of the ovens he 'd gone the long way through to the Hall 's kitchens , taking in the sights as he went . |
| 21 | so there you , you get on the accounts you get a , a er , apparently , income er extension of the scheme budget by nearly four thousand pounds , three , eight , then you go back with what Lord was asking you about and I just want you to explain it if you can , if you ca n't tell me , as he drew your attention to surplus per audited account at August ninety nineteen one , a hundred and eight , eighty , so that , in fact the year ending nineteen ninety two , along these accounts we 're dealing with , in fact the expenditure of exceeded budget by nearly four thousand , the previous year er in nineteen ninety one er it had gone the other way that er |
| 22 | It was a knife 's edge of a mood , and by the merest fraction it had tipped the wrong way . |
| 23 | He had to go the long way around , but it gave him plenty of time to watch for any indication that there might be anybody at home . |
| 24 | He had learnt the proper way of cleaning and boning Sir Dermot 's shoes and " doing " his lovely old clothes . |
| 25 | Linked to the machine by electrodes , he had learned the best way to use every weapon ever invented . |
| 26 | With hindsight it would have saved a lot of heartbreak if he had looked the other way . |
| 27 | It 's put the other way , I do n't like that . |
| 28 | But he , you see he 's learnt the right way . |
| 29 | Some of us have moved the other way , out of teaching . |