Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] the [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was there not , on the whole of Battersea Reach , a couple , married or unmarried , living together in the ordinary way ? |
| 2 | In vain she may cry , as Gregor Samsa does to his parents , sister and employer , that the same person is there inside , looking out in the same way at the world . |
| 3 | All that memory can provide contributes already to our feeling that in calling this sensation ‘ pain ’ we are going on in the same way , following the rule . |
| 4 | The Bushman was following it , but suddenly he swerved aside and he went off in another direction and I followed him , although I could clearly see the buffalo hoofmarks leading off in the opposite way . |
| 5 | I have no news of Britain here , so I hope things are limping along in the usual way . |
| 6 | North and South Tees and Hartlepool were looking at getting together in the same way , as were other districts in the North of the region . |
| 7 | We will be consulting widely on the best way to distribute the proceeds of a lottery . |
| 8 | But then to be good at a sport , really good I mean , you have to learn how to do what you are doing naturally in the best way possible . |
| 9 | Mr. Chairman , ladies and gentlemen , it is n't that I would like to say a word , it is that told me to say a word , and I realise I am starting off in the right way . |
| 10 | Well no it does n't , if there 's nothing , if there 's nothing coming round from the other way it does n't go . |
| 11 | And why did the band have to choose that precise moment to play a waltz so that , rather than dancing apart in the modern way , he was drawing her closer , moulding her to the lean , taut length of him ? |
| 12 | Not a taking up of the old ways , but she had anticipated that for at least part of the evening they would move from professional matters to personal . |
| 13 | ( a ) The Agency Principle Section 5 of the Partnership Act ( power of partner to bind the firm ) states that : Every partner is an agent of the firm and his other partners for the purpose of the business of the partnership ; and the acts of every partner who does any act for carrying on in the usual way of business of the kind carried on by the firm of which he is a member bind the firm and his partners , unless the partner so acting has in fact no authority to act for the firm in the particular matter , and the person with whom he is dealing either knows that he has no authority , or does not know or believe him to be a partner . |
| 14 | erm So now we started up the long term survey , and we 've now got 10 schools taking part , and they 're starting next week , and they 'll be carrying on in the same way as they were the pilot survey , taking the same measurements . |
| 15 | We sat on the cloud covered summit , two Scots and three Germans , eating chocolate and sandwiches , the last party of the day , thinking apprehensively of the long way back but all happy to have reached the top . |