Example sentences of "[be] [prep] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | they 'd be out the way |
| 2 | And er that 'll be out the way wo n't it ? |
| 3 | Charles wanted his protégé in and as I was the resident ( and unpopular ) Baroque sculpture specialist , I happened to be in the way . |
| 4 | A crossmember between these two braces helps ; people frequently put their legs back under their chair seats , and a cross brace between the front legs would be in the way . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd not be in the way of the children . |
| 6 | Bereaved people may seem reluctant to accept invitations out , but that is often because they feel that they will be in the way or make an odd number at any gathering , and the hurt and embarrassment this creates is awful . |
| 7 | They 'll be in the way . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Are you sure I would n't be in the way ? ’ she said hesitantly . |
| 9 | You did n't want to be in the way when Luke hit the ball . |
| 10 | A young woman ran a pushchair into the back of her legs painfully and , when Meredith turned round , treated her to a furious glare which clearly said she had no business to be in the way . |
| 11 | Few people are aware how men , who on the whole are more socially , economically , politically , and physically powerful than women , use these resources frequently to batter wives and cohabitees ( Dobash and Dobash 1981 ) , sexually harass their female ( usually subordinate ) co-workers , or assault/rape any woman who happens to be in the way ( see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 12 | Little has been written on the subject since then , but one may infer from the few remarks that are made on it that psychologists are no longer so impressed by ‘ the insuperable logical difficulty ’ James believed there to be in the way of saying that the difference between sensations may be one of ‘ place pure and simple ’ . |
| 13 | A hovering PRO will only be in the way . |
| 14 | The launch pad might be in the way , pushing on us from that end to stop us doing the natural thing which is to fall vertically through to the centre of the Earth . |
| 15 | You learn to feel as they do and begin to see that words may often be in the way of understanding . |
| 16 | Such large nests and so many of them would be in the way on the earth . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're going to be in the way . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I should be in the way , ’ he said firmly . |
| 19 | But I should be in the way from here on . |
| 20 | You certainly would n't be in the way . ’ |
| 21 | I hoped I would n't be in the way . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ He 'll be in the way . |
| 23 | You — you have business to attend to — and I should only be in the way . ’ |
| 24 | And when we talk later I 'll explain what really happened , and it wo n't be in the way he put it , ’ and with similar emphasis she turned the key ; but then allowed the car to glide forward . |
| 25 | Put , tip it on to the bridge and then you wo n't make a hole cos the bridge will be in the way . |
| 26 | That that part of the earth will be in darkness it will be in night time on that side of the earth and from then on in space there will be darkness because the earth will be in the way . |
| 27 | However , the Lions believe British Isles rugby to be on the way up after their win in Australia and at least feel they have something to prove . |
| 28 | Amstrad was a weak market , falling 3.5p to 62.5p on worries that even more profit downgradings could be on the way . |
| 29 | The focus here will be on the way gender structures routine police duties , with more general issues concerning women in the RUC being developed elsewhere . |
| 30 | A second revolution may well be on the way in Nicaragua , but one not to the liking of the FSLN . |