Example sentences of "way [prep] [verb] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | More often , they simply died ; the after-dinner heart attack while slumbering in one of the club 's deep leather chairs was a popular way of moving on to the great gentleman 's club in the sky . |
| 2 | Sorry , this is a very long way of getting around to the first crop of reviews of Philip Larkin : A Writer 's Life by Andrew Motion ( Faber ) . |
| 3 | The final way of getting on to the Council in a given year was by being an ypilachó0n or stand-in , and that may explain some instances of ‘ carpet-baggers ’ , i.e. political adventurers who offered themselves as Councillors for demes other than their home deme . |
| 4 | But you had a way of going straight to the two ninety in one go , do you remember what that was ? you 'd worked on it yourself , you you were doing just nicely . |
| 5 | Our self-appointed mentor , the Old Stager , tackled him in the same vein , although with a shade more directness : ‘ Why do n't yer niver get no runs ? ’ he asked , by way of leading up to the subject . |