Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We want to talk to Mr Stewart about the way the 67 men who were made redundant were treated by the company . |
| 2 | ‘ We want to talk to Mr Stewart about the way the 67 men who were made redundant were treated by the company . |
| 3 | Although there is some ill-feeling in Whitehall about the way the environment team leaked some ( nutty ) ideas , Mr Heseltine 's behaviour in committee is praised by other ministers . |
| 4 | I think we 've all gradually come to terms with Jennifer 's condition and learnt to make the best of it … but … ’ she stared at her telephone as it suddenly rang , her thoughts obviously far away ‘ … but I do n't think I 'll ever forgive David Markham for the way he treated her , ’ she said at last as she stretched out her hand to answer the phone . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know why you 're still annoyed with Jeff after the way he 's been helping you . ’ |
| 6 | There were also obvious similarities between teachers in the two LEAs in the way that positive attitudes towards SSE were associated with its potential for proposing change and with willingness to repeat the exercise . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've got to manage Crystal Palace in the way I see fit to help it in business . |
| 8 | If she met the girl Marie on the way back there would be even more for her to tell Mademoiselle Rabier ! |
| 9 | He made it possible for the duke and his eight-months pregnant duchess to rush back from Germany to Kensington Palace for the birth , putting up the royal cavalcade at his home in Shooter 's Hill on the way . |
| 10 | Flying over the Bay of Bengal on the way to Rangoon they experienced a terrifying monsoon storm . |
| 11 | Carl Lydiate took six wickets to set last year 's beaten finalists Croston on the way against Rainford . |
| 12 | Martin played in two Tests in India and one in Pakistan on the way home , in front of massive crowds , picking up eight further wickets and playing a few useful tailend innings ; but there was only one Test appearance to come , and that was at Port Elizabeth on the 1966–67 tour , the final Test , after Martin had taken 11 wickets in the Griqualand West match and six in the South African XI match at Pietermaritzburg preceding the Test . |
| 13 | packing Friday on the way to mum Peter 's mum she told them she 's just in so much pain , she wants it doing so he 's gon na get in , I said , it 's poss that she 'll be in six days and probably off a few weeks after when she gets home it 's operation on her neck and shoulder they 're going to release the nerve they reckon it 's it 's a she told them and do what they will with it . |
| 14 | With the album of ‘ The Commitments ’ defying the odds and selling by the truckload in the States in particular , and new albums by major stars like Enya and U2 on the way , the profile of Irish music on the world stage over the coming months will be exceptionally high . |
| 15 | This southern route followed the arc-shaped line of islands which forms the outer limit of the Aegean world , an island-hopping route connecting Anatolia , Rhodes , Karpathos , Kasos , Andikithera and Lakonia , taking in the neolithic settlements of the eastern and northern coasts of Crete on the way . |
| 16 | The officers spent two hours telling her of the concern expressed by police and welfare authorities in England about the way Gemma had been left . |
| 17 | Still in relatively few numbers , and luckily it seems mostly enthusiasts — the tourists have n't blazed a trail to the top of Donard in the way they have on Snowdon or Nevis . |
| 18 | He 's proved to be a very good buy and , to be honest , I was backing him to restrict Shearer in the way he did . ’ |
| 19 | Wales have not yet been regularly dominated by England in the way that France and Ireland have been recently . |
| 20 | There was nothing , of course , for Scotland in the way of capital projects ; they were all for the south-east , such as the Heathrow and the Channel Tunnel links . |
| 21 | Owen O'Neil agrees : ‘ There 's no major comedy circuit in Northern Ireland in the way there is in London , but people have survived for a very long time on the strength of their own sense of humour . ’ |
| 22 | From the free-kick , Anderton 's shot squeezed through a wall which resembled a collander , hit Deane on the way through and rolled in by the near post . |
| 23 | They are all criminals , of course , who ride in the Stolypin carriages from Pot'ma on the way to Barashevo . |
| 24 | Mollie was the only child of Thomas Arthur Gryke , manufacturer from Eaglesclough on the way to Huddersfield and do n't let anybody forget it ! |
| 25 | He looks so miserable that for once I do n't kick Heather on the way back to my desk . |
| 26 | ‘ You play chess ? ’ asked Pete on the way back to the cell . |
| 27 | In the afternoon she had to trust Ruth on the way home . |
| 28 | Coffee , croissants and the morning papers had seemed very attractive on setting out , but I had n't bargained on being stuck for ages in Kilburn on the way home . |
| 29 | I made myself a coffee and went to bed , pausing to look in and say goodnight to Nigel on the way , which at the time , and since , did n't seem at all an unusual thing to do . |
| 30 | The storm broke as I drove past Woomera on the way back to Port Augusta and locals there said it was the heaviest rain for nearly 200 years . |