Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] that way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , I would be happy , I mean , I purposely , I put some lines in just because I was thinking that way at the time , but I 'd be very happy if other people would scribble it out , change it , throw it back at me , you know , I would like to see I suppose , just to see if we can erm , if that , because , because I have to say that although you know part of reading 's letter , erm , I feel it 's , it , it feels destructive and it feels very critical . |
| 2 | I was walking that way with Ernest on Saturday and he said he thought the bottom hedge belonged to anyway . |
| 3 | ‘ When I saw Ivo with a parcel he was about to mail to his wife 's cousin in Karlovy Vary , I told him I was driving that way , and that I 'd drop it into the shop where Edita 's cousin works if he wished . ’ |
| 4 | Cos I was going that way round . |
| 5 | ‘ She were born that way . |
| 6 | yeah yeah well I know she was getting that way towards Christmas . |
| 7 | She was walking that way , and I could hardly ignore her . |
| 8 | There was no reply to the phone , but as we were going that way to spend the night at Sandspit , we called at the neighbours ’ and found that Pat was away for a few days . |
| 9 | Of course I 'm sorry , for some strange reason I thought we were going that way , I 've got to go through the other way have n't I ? |
| 10 | Although they had recently lost narrowly to New Zealand , there was no question that West Indies were now the outstanding team in the world , and they were to continue that way throughout the 1980s . |
| 11 | No no they went the other way I they were walking that way I was walking along the grass yeah . |
| 12 | Both babies would smile stickily when they saw me over the edge of the cot , which was gratifying in a way , but I knew it was only because they were programmed that way , like public relations men . |
| 13 | Zen obediently rose and followed , wondering as a dog perhaps does at his stupidity in not understanding why they were going that way , where their enemies lay in wait . |
| 14 | It 's simply the reason it was done that way was to reflect a County Council decision which had been taken fairly recent times on the route of an outer as opposed to an inner . |
| 15 | Well , s I thought it was tending that way . |
| 16 | The balance of power was shifting back to favour the landlord , and it was to remain that way for a long time . |
| 17 | It , it was worded that way because there are |
| 18 | Well it was looking that way , as Glenn Hoddle closed in to shoot . |
| 19 | It is very unlikely it was intended that way . |
| 20 | it was taken that way |
| 21 | Zurich , in the Middle Ages , was Switzerland 's most important city , and it was to stay that way . |
| 22 | Thing is , he was christened that way , and he hates the whole moviestar bit . |