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Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] the [adj] way " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ I mean , they get these ideas and these bees in their bonnets and try and make everyone think the same way , and they change all the rules and upset everything , and Freud got it wrong in one way and Marx got it wrong in another . ’
2	I mean the only way measure it I suppose is by talking to them .
3	Why what a er what about doing taking it out of er I mean the only way is taking out
4	Pike 's legs went up and down like someone walking the wrong way along a travelator .
5	When I first began designing for double jacquard , which was quite a long time ago , there was little or no information available and not many knitters used the technique , so over the years I learnt the hard way by trial and error .
6	But , and it is a big but , I learnt the hard way and have been proven in practice .
7	‘ I am more and more Christian as I walk the unchristian ways of Christendom ’ , he wrote , confessing himself ‘ a conscientious objector with a very seared conscience ’ .
8	I drove the long way round , debating what to say and do . ’
9	The offence was grievous and innocent , I drove the wrong way round a roundabout , which sounds appalling but there was not a single other car in sight to , in a sense to steer by so to speak , erm but there was one policeman , and he stopped me , and he fined me , and I had to search for my purse , which I had well hidden , this being Italy , erm underneath all the bedding and the tents and the cooking pots , found it in due course , presented him very shakily with these thousand lire or whatever it was he wanted , and , and this is really the point , drove off very shakily too .
10	It is about four miles to the Port of Ness from Cross and I think I tiptoed the whole way .
11	I enjoyed the French way of playing . ’
12	May I suggest the other way around ? ’
13	‘ I may not know much , but I know the best way to deal with situations like this . ’
14	you know , I like the that way , but
15	I walked the long way with the early sun bright in my eyes and frosted gravel crisp beneath my feet .
16	Feeling as if I were under an enchantment , I walked the narrow way , between vivid white handrails that shone in the half-light .
17	I remember the disgraceful way she allowed you to be neglected when you had flu , only bringing up a water biscuit or two when she deigned to climb the stairs !
18	I reckon the easiest way
19	‘ I believe the only way for community nursing to develop is to extend the district nursing service .
20	‘ I believe the only way we can go forward is to be value for money .
21	We have n't been trying hard to persuade the Garrimperos to adopt different technologies , more modern technologies that would avoid the contamination of the mercury , but as I said I believe the only way of reaching this goal is if we can organize the Garrimperos to have er a kind of er institutionalized way of exploiting gold , not the sort of gold rush i that is being on and on On and off in Brazil for two centuries right now .
22	Since it is inevitable , I wish I could come to terms with it , but I find the only way I can cope at present is to avoid thinking about it .
23	No I find the other way
24	When something goes wrong , I find the quickest way to make matters worse is to launch in with my own fury , or insist that they repair the damage MY way .
25	I find the easiest way is not to attempt to free the yarn from the sinker plate completely , but to free it just enough to enable you to push the carriage on past the weaving yarn .
26	‘ I decided the only way to come back was with a fresh new look , ’ she said .
27	But I suppose the best way of answering that is to say that my own two sons aged 9 and 11 are playing rugby , love it , and I have no hesitation in letting them do so .
28	I feel the same way about the police .
29	I feel the same way .
30	‘ I feel the same way . ’