Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] this way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having to find out about me this way . ’ |
| 2 | Think of it this way : if it is the case that an incomplete embargo on vehicles will result in my going , then anything that entails an incomplete embargo on vehicles will result in my going ; an incomplete embargo on cars entails an incomplete embargo on vehicles , so an incomplete embargo on cars will result in my going . ) |
| 3 | ‘ Think of it this way , ’ he urged , ‘ we are all mourners following a funeral procession and some of us , those of us more directly concerned with the departed , have dropped behind to tie a shoe-lace . |
| 4 | Think of it this way . |
| 5 | She could see he had not thought of it this way . |
| 6 | " I know you come over a little shy when I talk about you this way , Chuck , but I do it for a good reason , " continued the senator , lighting a Havana cigar with elaborate care . |
| 7 | I think that there 's a lot for your Lordship to read but I think it might be beneficial in the long run , it was certainly , our experience has been that it certainly would take time in the long run but to deal with it this way . |
| 8 | ‘ You can pay your debt to me this way , ’ Dai Huang told Li Lu curtly . |
| 9 | What gives you the right to talk to me this way ? |
| 10 | When I decide to talk to you this way , my hours are spiked as if we really have a date planned . |
| 11 | LOOK , I 'll put it to you this way , in the hope you 'll understand . |
| 12 | Let me put it to you this way you know as well as I do people who really ought to be doing something else other than teaching . |
| 13 | So whenever you see people who 're not quite like you and maybe there 's something about their workstyle that you do n't like think about it this way . |
| 14 | ‘ He 's still fat-faced and not sporty enough for me , but looking at him this way I have to say he scores on winner appeal and the self-confidence power brings him , ’ she said . |
| 15 | Look at it this way , said Chris 's friend , Richard Lees . |
| 16 | Look At It This Way is Justin Cartwright 's adaptation of his own satirical novel about London life in the late 80s . |
| 17 | ‘ Look at it this way . |
| 18 | ‘ Look at it this way , Billy , ’ he said in a condescending tone of voice . |
| 19 | You can look at it this way , she 's had her pound of flesh … ‘ |
| 20 | ‘ Then look at it this way . |
| 21 | And if you 're still mired in sentimentality , look at it this way : the admission fees so far received from visitors to the carp pond have already enabled the Boy Scouts to build and maintain several church halls in the area . |
| 22 | And if you are a scientist , or infected by gastric doubt , look at it this way . |
| 23 | ‘ Look at it this way , Curtis : the boys discovered Riddle 's clothes tied in a bundle in a shack near Jordan 's cottage — right ? ’ |
| 24 | let's , let's look at it this way , erm with a small pipe so much water gets out , okay ? |
| 25 | ‘ A foursome would be nice , ’ she mused , ‘ and look at it this way , we can be your chaperons . ’ |
| 26 | Look at it this way : Track Two is now doing just what it was set up to do in just the situation they foresaw : a weak British government getting too close to Moscow . |
| 27 | Look at it this way . |
| 28 | ‘ Look at it this way : two loyalties . |
| 29 | Look , look at it this way . |
| 30 | So looking at it this way up I mean it 's X equals Y to the fourth plus three and that 's all minus . |