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 . |