Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And if you intend to come this way regularly wear more sensible shoes , ’ he added curtly . |
| 2 | That means that if you decide you want to go one way and he has other ideas , you have to convince him that your wish takes priority . |
| 3 | However , the signals can also be used to show how much you want to go that way , the harder one presses the stronger the signal and the more rapid the output to the computer . |
| 4 | They want to find some way in which having a brain like that improves gene survival . |
| 5 | The ad people know that girls are watching and that they can attract them and form their ideas by making the girl associate their product with a particular image — so that when she is looking at a hair gel in a chemist 's , that will conjure up for her the image of the model used to advertise it , and make her want to look that way herself , and want to buy it . |
| 6 | If you know that a slightly longer sweater will make you look slimmer and you want to look that way , it is up to you to examine the diagram before you knit and work accordingly . |
| 7 | so if you doing that , doing that keep you up in the air , right , keep doing that you 'll go that way , when the helicopter 's you want to do that way , so obviously |
| 8 | There is a promise , and strength of quality in their songwriting , but The Prayer Boat appear to have some way to paddle before they find a grasp of the studio techniques they will need to coax real spirit from their music . |
| 9 | You want to be slim and you want to stay that way . |
| 10 | ‘ We may not all have been through the war together , ’ he told me , ‘ but we 're all Conservative MPs and want to stay that way . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not going to tell how many women I 've slept with because I 'm happily married and want to stay that way . |
| 12 | In our opinion this is the main gap in the orthodox account , and one we hope to go some way towards rectifying . |
| 13 | It goes without saying , one hopes , that one never , never gives way to one 's own inclinations if they happen to run this way . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't see how I can unless I manage to shift one way or the other , and I need both hands for that . |
| 15 | Accountants seem to live that way and so do managers who have a grounding in disciplines such as engineering , economics or the natural sciences . |
| 16 | Examiners enjoy finding new way of asking old questions . |
| 17 | The next chapter looks at the way in which the working class has been involved in class alliances in order to capture the state and exert influence that way . |
| 18 | And if I wanted , you know go another way or something . |
| 19 | Cos you 're on strike when we come to nursery and you like to feel that way . |
| 20 | And then , ‘ God , how I hate talking this way . ’ |
| 21 | If you intend to stay that way I suggest you stop talking and do as you 're told , ’ he added succinctly . |
| 22 | So , cos I do actually sit down and work it out , and me mum comes in and says , what you doing , , so I do use that way . |
| 23 | All that I can honestly say is that after collecting the facts I do decide one way or another , without having any reasons which will satisfy you if you do not share the same standards . |
| 24 | My point here is simply that they do go some way to explaining why patterns of co-residence fluctuate over time . |
| 25 | While the reforms of 1988/89 do go some way towards creating a more effective regional policy in that the dispersion of funds has shifted towards the poorer regions , given the gulf between the rhetoric of the commitment to balanced development and the extent of subsequent policy action , it is difficult to escape the conclusion that the issue of space and the impact of EC policies over space are but a minimal consideration in the design of a greater vision . |
| 26 | Convincing evidence that animals actually do operate this way comes from James Serpell of the University of Cambridge ( Animal Behaviour , vol 30 , p 1244 ) , who has been studying the aggressive behaviour of nine species of tropical parrots of the genus Trichoglossus . |
| 27 | Well I always do come this way ! |
| 28 | I aim to stay that way . |
| 29 | I never found it to be a boring job , erm if it is boring I think it 's because they 're only making it , if they make it that way and I think it 's partly due , if they , if people do talk that way then I think it 's partly due to the sort of duty systems that people work now , and erm the number of hours they work , and , and strangely for little things like the introduction of television , I think television , very nice in its way but it 's killed life on fire stations and in certain areas , cos the whole business of conversation and learning and so on has gone , people would much sooner sit nowadays in front of the television and be entertained for an evening , instead of using all the other skills and , and erm things that are offered to them . |
| 30 | We need help to go some way towards knowing ourselves and in turn to be able to understand and help others . |