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Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] [prep] the way " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Nor can I look at the way in which this view of faith and reason has influenced contemporary Christian thinking , both mainstream and among the evangelical or fundamentalist groups where it is most in evidence .
2	1 What is the background to the story ? where do the people live ? what is their life like ? when did it all happen ? 2 Why is rima so pleased to have his own cassowaries ? 3 What are cassowaries like ? 4 What do you think of the way the people treat cassowaries ?
3	So how do you feel about the way she is ?
4	How do you feel about the way things are going over at Bicester these days Alan ?
5	Can you see by the way ?
6	they 've got a girl that works there right and her name her name is Linda and they run this big machine and it 's really long and he said if she 's at the top machine he ca n't see down the other end of the machine cos her boobs are in the way and he 's got I said you do n't ask her can sh he said yeah well he said I 've got ta ask her can she move out the way , he said if she sits on the table her boobs are resting on the table , I said oh I 'd crack up .
7	What do you suggest in the way of decor ?
8	If you 're at football tonight ca n't do any recording tomorrow night or will you record on the way again ?
9	Do you mean across the way ? ’
10	Well there 're not normally saying will you get out the way before I throw this thing or I 'll stab you with it .
11	Why do n't why do n't you get out the way ?
12	She used to show you a collection of photographs which she kept in her wallet as if they were family photographs , but in fact these pictures were all pictures of men 's cocks , she used to make them stop on the way home at the photobooth in the entrance to the station , she 'd make them stand on the stool with their trousers down , she never got caught — Greta , on seeing me leave with an especially handsome man : ‘ I hope you 're on the pill . ’
13	Given that this is so , what sense can we make of the way in which God , as opposed to John or Jane Smith , is personal ?
14	How much do we know about the way music sounded in the past , and does it really matter anyway ?
15	Why did we respond in the way that we did ?
16	Nor did we reflect on the way in which work can be used by some people as a substitute for living an authentic life .
17	Even now , she felt herself cringe at the way he 'd said ‘ little scientist ’ , all those childhood hurts about being ‘ different ’ flooding back .
18	First of all he let nothing stand in the way of his true feelings .
19	Determined to let nothing stand in the way of his lifelong dream to follow in Bing Crosby 's footsteps , he breaks free from his domineering mother 's ( Olympia Dukakis ) grasp , and the legend begins .
20	And they have proved that they intend to let nothing stand in the way of a World Cup triumph when they stage the finals next summer .
21	Michael , if the Liberal Democrats gained control of Oxford City Council what changes would they make in the way things are operating now ?
22	She has to know how to deliver appropriate information to the patient , to overcome the neurological deficit which is the result of the brain damage , and to help him react in the way she wishes by producing carefully controlled movements .
23	Why do they go on the way they do , making a huge fuss about little things and then ignoring what ought to be much more important ?
24	Would they change on the way , or before her body began to rise ?
25	And why do they sing in the way they do ?
26	But he let nothing get in the way of his chief purpose .
27	I love my wife and children but I do n't let them get in the way of company work . ’
28	Does he know by the way ? ’
29	Only the playwright 's doctor warning them of their responsibility should he die on the way , prevented them carrying out so insensitive a duty .
30	He could not let anyone stand in the way of the mission .