Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , bankers are so used to thinking of intangibles as chiefly useful for pricing takeovers and then minimising taxes after them ( intangibles can be amortised for tax purposes ) that they have been slow to see them as a way of wooing investors . |
| 2 | This is the main reason why I have not until recently felt able to face the task of transcribing them and editing them in the way they . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't dish them out , or I 'll counteract them in a way you wo n't like . ’ |
| 4 | On the day Sir Hubert arrived in Rangoon he sent for me to thank me for the way in which this delicate matter had been handled . |
| 5 | I mean I , I mean I du n no I mean I just , I just ha , I just had to tell you because I mean it really is pissing me off the way fucking Catherine treats me , she was alright before like and when I 'm on my own , no |
| 6 | It is difficult to believe that , among the tumult in the cave , either mother or baby would be able to recognise one another 's voices , but bats are famous for their skill in disentangling the echoes of their high-frequency squeaks and using them as a way of navigating . |
| 7 | They are not prescriptive and it is open to you to implement them in the way that best suits your firm . |
| 8 | To solve a problem the student must recall the relevant concepts and rules and combine them in a way that satisfies the principles of good practice . |
| 9 | The map user can select features of interest from the digital map and display them in a way that is suited to his or her requirements . |
| 10 | Well if you want them out the way then take them back . |
| 11 | There are some guys want me out the way . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I really can not expect you to accept me after the way in which I have behaved , and then was wicked enough to read your private book , and the cuttings are there , I knew that you would want them back , and I expect that you will wish to make a career in journalism , and why accept a poor doctor , no need to do that , you can always live on your father 's allowance and what a remarkable man he is , so like you , or earn your living by your pen … ’ |
| 13 | Foreignness for me provided a difference that moved me in a way that sexual difference never did ’ ( ‘ Home and Abroad ’ , 44 , my emphasis ) . |
| 14 | The walk that defeated me on the way up seemed to take about five minutes coming down , and despite the forced cheery countenance of my friends , I knew I had ruined the day . |
| 15 | Memorize and then say them in the way that moves you emotionally , noticing the sound ( or memory of sound ) , the appearance and the sensation as you say them aloud . |
| 16 | A few lay on the ground in exhausted or inebriated sleep , oblivious to children and dogs who clambered over them , or to the kicks from porters who found them in the way . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's only a bunch of flowers , ’ he said , pleased with her response , ‘ although I can guarantee that I have bought them , and have n't picked them on the way over . |
| 18 | You are scared to pass me on the way to the stairs ? ’ he grated . |
| 19 | That chilled me in a way I ca n't properly describe . |
| 20 | Why do I need him to stay here when he weakens me in the way an earthquake undermines a city ? |
| 21 | When the eight- and ten-year-olds did produce causal connectives , they used them in a way appropriate to the deductive mode , by using because to introduce evidence and so to introduce a conclusion . |
| 22 | There were traps to catch them along the way . |
| 23 | Associative and cognitive theories present two major examples of different approaches to the study of learning , and although they differ in very many respects it is possible to synthesise them in a way that offers guidance for teachers . |
| 24 | But even if your romantic beau whispers ‘ I love you ’ daily in your shell-like , it does n't mean that he loves you in the way that you love him . |
| 25 | And the rag trade was also upside down ready on the trailer to come across , I wo n't bore you with the way they do their budgeting for example , but what happens is , my wife will go to one of those suppliers and say yes , a number of my people want to buy that dress so we want a thousand of them . |
| 26 | When I came back , cos I went in on the way to the hairdresser 's , to find out about it , and I thought I 'd buy him on the way back , when I went back it was still sitting in the same place with its tail hanging out of the back . |
| 27 | It annoyed her even more that his continuing aristocratic demeanour disappointed her after the way she had been thinking about him . |
| 28 | The scene of crime officer kept looking at him , as if he found him in the way but did not know how to say so . |
| 29 | ‘ His condition was obvious and they must have decided to pull him on the way home . ’ |
| 30 | Amidst the noise of children shouting , women calling across the alley , and dogs barking , Sarah seemed to hear her father condemning her for the way she had behaved these last months , and her misery grew . |