Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] the way " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It has been very disturbing and hurtful for me to see the way things have happened , ’ Charlton said . |
2 | I have often missed him , often felt that if only I could talk over a particular problem with him he would help me to see the way . |
3 | The next day , although three of the team made the descent by mid-afternoon , the rest spent three or four hours walking after dark , with only a few torches between them to light the way . |
4 | Always makes me laugh the way he sounds so surprised that announcing record profits and asking customers to pay more . |
5 | It is impossible for me to work the way I want to work when she is on the stage . ’ |
6 | Let me count the ways … |
7 | MESSAGE : To the two girls I asked the way to the offy . |
8 | I mean the way it went ‘ clunk ’ . |
9 | Same with petrol stations I mean the way they spill the petrol . |
10 | I mean the way that thereafter he would cock his head , slightly sideways . |
11 | Ah well sure but then the whole lot goes , but , but , but , but , but this was , this was the document , I mean the way this was put forward , this is going to last us through into the foreseeable future . |
12 | I mean the way that you sit . |
13 | I mean the way we look at it really is to group villages together so perhaps they 'll have more cover if they 've got two or three specials who work different hours if they have a vehicle they can have access to , provide the cover there . |
14 | I mean the way , what have they done here ? |
15 | I mean the way he chase round the edge chase round the bowl |
16 | I mean the way , it , it 's happened , I do n't think John Major stands much hope basically |
17 | I mean the way she 's been brought up and that with Kingsley and the mum , course she 's gon na be spoilt |
18 | And I mean the way he did that table |
19 | I mean the way I 'd look at it , would look at it if something of happened to John , well I still go |
20 | He asks something which , you know , I mean the way they do , what is life , and you would n't know — unless you 're perhaps trained or awake to the significance of what the child is actually asking — you would n't know how to respond to that , so you tend to put it off . |
21 | He asks something which , you know , I mean the way they do , what is life , and you would n't know — unless you 're perhaps trained or awake to the significance of what the child is actually asking — you would n't know how to respond to that , so you tend to put it off . |
22 | Taking the initiative , I led the way , following three skiers who looked as if they knew where they were going — they did n't , and we found ourselves poling for quite a long way before a unanimous decision to have an early lunch was taken . |
23 | I led the way along the passage to the consulting room . |
24 | Now I led the way — which was not so bright , after all . |
25 | I do n't like not having enough money and I do n't like not having enough sex and I detest the way the children dress and I detest going to your mother 's every week and I loathe the way you clench your teeth and I loathe the way you never help and I hate the way you never ask but I love you |
26 | I hate the way the fibres prickle your skin ; you ca n't see them , but you ca n't seem to brush them away either . |
27 | I hate the way I have changed . |
28 | I hate the way you control this whole thing … and now you 're even demanding control over the subjects we talk about ! ’ |
29 | I , I hate the way you do essays |
30 | I mean I hate the way she stands behind somebody mouths and |