Example sentences of "[pron] be [vb pp] [det] way " in BNC.

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1 " I guess I 'm made that way , " she admitted .
2 You know , you 're sort of turning the abortion argument on it 's head , that er in an abortion you can say it 's my body , I have a right to decide , and this baby that dies is never going to be there to question that decision , but in this type of situation the baby 's going to be there and okay , you 'll get so many who will just accept their situation and wo n't question it , but you 're always going to get some , or even one who will say I want to know my origins , I want to why I was conceived this way , why I was born this way , why , I have two mothers , that maybe a surrogate mother and a natural mother ?
3 And there it was , it struck me that I had nothing to lose , I was damned either way .
4 You know , you 're sort of turning the abortion argument on it 's head , that er in an abortion you can say it 's my body , I have a right to decide , and this baby that dies is never going to be there to question that decision , but in this type of situation the baby 's going to be there and okay , you 'll get so many who will just accept their situation and wo n't question it , but you 're always going to get some , or even one who will say I want to know my origins , I want to why I was conceived this way , why I was born this way , why , I have two mothers , that maybe a surrogate mother and a natural mother ?
5 Its one of those things where you 're fucked either way . ’
6 She were born that way .
7 We are pulled this way and that , but the effect of these contradictory pulls is to leave us fixed in the middle .
8 Never again would she let herself be caught that way .
9 They 're anti-social , handicapped people , and they 're kept that way .
10 Well they 're they 're made that way are n't they ?
11 So no matter what they do they 're lumbered all way round are n't they ?
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 They would not exchange a word until they were settled this way .
14 " Let it be decided this way , " she said to her father .
15 Because it 's designed that way , with tiles coloured and crafted to live in harmony with both history and local environments .
16 Seems obvious when it 's put that way .
17 Next it is laid half way over the other petal and pressed down with the side of the finger .
18 When you question yourself about whether a phrase is ambiguous or vague , the litmus-test is usually ‘ Did I intend it be written that way ?
19 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 .
20 It , it was worded that way because there are
21 It is very unlikely it was intended that way .
22 it was taken that way
23 There were found footprint evidences that young Brown had crossed and recrossed Hunder Beck , that he had been at the top of the high moor , and he was traced half way back , with probably thirty-six sheep which were recovered on Sunday .
24 The boat was gone completely , and he was tossed this way and that in the water .
25 Thing is , he was christened that way , and he hates the whole moviestar bit .
26 But should I let myself be intimidated this way ?
27 it 's one way , what was called this way
28 Nothing was gained either way .
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