Example sentences of "to take the [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an ever-present temptation to take the easy way out and concentrate on items that are ‘ sexy ’ even though they may be irrelevant or misleading . |
| 2 | The temptation to take the easy way out was well-nigh irresistible with youngsters who had failed to make their way ( probably through no fault of their own ) and who showed their resentment . |
| 3 | But there 's something in even the very best of us which would really prefer to take the easy way out , if that 's at all possible . |
| 4 | He offered the pack to Bellamy , who accepted one , and conspicuously failed to give me the chance to take the easy way out by tarring the inside of my lungs until I choked . |
| 5 | Most of it 's going to take the easy way short cut |
| 6 | He waited ; patient , alert , ready to take the only way now that he could escape to the Forest of Dean . |
| 7 | I mean , let's face it , I 'm in a no-win Situation , and quite honestly , I 'm so stuffed up to here with the whole Stupid mess that , I can tell you , I 've just Got a good mind to take the quick way out . |
| 8 | There is , of course , no temptation to take the quick way out by grating it . |