Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | All day she walked , and never a soul did she see , let alone the way to the sea-king 's palace . |
| 2 | And Rennie later shone with the bat , his score of 38 in 42 balls included five fours , and together with Tony Meehan ( 57 ) showed Northern the way home from 45 overs . |
| 3 | Try out each of your jokes on someone who will not be at the wedding to see if it sounds funny the way you tell it . |
| 4 | It soon became apparent the way we were being footed about , we would have more chance of convincing Rupert Murdoch to stand as a Member of Parliament for the Labour Party . |
| 5 | I find that other kind of sound very forgiving ; I can get through it technically , but I ca n't make it come alive the way somebody else could . ’ |
| 6 | But we do n't get sick the way you are now . |
| 7 | It sounded stupid the way she went on about loving the sea . |
| 8 | He was an Australian and it sounded nasty the way he said it . |
| 9 | Now any adequate account of self needs to be able , I think , to encompass and try to make intelligible the ways in which women and men experience themselves . |
| 10 | And she longed to feel him wrap his arms protectively around her again — she wanted to feel safe the way she had done in those brief moments on the terrace the other evening when for one miraculous instant she had believed there was something real between them . |