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

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1 And then , ‘ God , how I hate talking this way . ’
2 ‘ Do n't see how I can unless I manage to shift one way or the other , and I need both hands for that .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 I aim to stay that way .
6 We could insert ‘ Christian truths ’ ( or doctrines or promises ) for ‘ Christian presuppositions ’ , but I prefer to speak this way to focus attention on what a presupposition does rather than on what it is .
7 Well I I 've answered that way sir , cos I ca n't be sure .
8 I 've chosen that way because the longest distance without water is two hundred and fifty miles , compared with at least five hundred the way you 're going . ’
9 I said I 've come all way from Llandudno to see what you 're doing .
10 I 've driven this way from Mariánské Láznë . ’
11 With the kind assistance of the local estate agencies I have gone some way to tracing the subsequent history of the two properties owned by the above company .
12 If I am working on pupil autonomy , then I have to find some way to remind pupils that it often helps to talk out loud to someone , and to establish an atmosphere in which they readily approach each other and me for this purpose .
13 For myself I have to reject this way of contemplating the Church because of its individualistic bias .
14 If you intend to stay that way I suggest you stop talking and do as you 're told , ’ he added succinctly .
15 ‘ And if you intend to come this way regularly wear more sensible shoes , ’ he added curtly .
16 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
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 You want to be slim and you want to stay that way .
21 Cos you 're on strike when we come to nursery and you like to feel that way .
22 And if I wanted , you know go another way or something .
23 I think as long as you 've got some way of dealing with things you can live with them .
24 And having done that , you then need some people , in fact , so you do need the two types of people and if you are the team leader , you have to find some way of getting them to work together .
25 In our opinion this is the main gap in the orthodox account , and one we hope to go some way towards rectifying .
26 I 'm sure Danny , Jenny , and Carly have , but just because we 've gone half way , can I just let the other three finish off their presentation ?
27 We know that in these cases we often do face a real choice of evils and we have to find some way of deciding which of these evils is the worst .
28 Clearly we have to find some way of using these data without assuming that rats , for example , are just very small people .
29 To find the benefits of religion , we have to find some way of separating it from the institutions which claim to represent it .
30 They want to find some way in which having a brain like that improves gene survival .
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