Example sentences of "[verb] it a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | I moved it a little way away . |
| 2 | And although Whigs under Anne liked to claim that James had been deposed for breaking his original contract with the people , they found it a credible way of embarrassing their political opponents to argue that it was the Tories who had been responsible for James 's downfall . |
| 3 | Let's see if we can do it a different way . |
| 4 | If we get first division people I 'll do it a different way to him if I had to end up with second division people and the responsibilities they take on board will very much reflect that and the same surely should happen to the field sales force erm their abilities are reflected in in what sort of activities we give them and by looking at the people we have we then put together a team to most accurately attack whatever we want to do . |
| 5 | You only op open it a certain way . |
| 6 | The director wants you to do it a certain way , and either you do n't feel that he 's right or you feel that he 's right but he 's forcing you to be a square peg in a round hole . |
| 7 | Or maybe maybe that is n't the first thing you want to do , if you want to do it a different way , do it whichever makes more sense to you . |
| 8 | The reaction from the other side of the table is different because you are a woman , they expect you to do it a different way . ’ |
| 9 | Vaughan loves to cook , but finds it a punishing way to make a living : ‘ People told me that there was no job harder than nursing , ’ recalls Vaughan , ‘ but they were wrong ! |
| 10 | I 'm doing it a funny way this time . |
| 11 | Why do something the hard way when you can save time and temper by doing it an easy way ? |
| 12 | And on top it was terrible , I used to try and comb it a certain way . |
| 13 | Those high failure rates make it an efficient way of screening out teenagers who might later fail a university course . |
| 14 | The ideal toy is very light , so that only a small amount of effort moves it a long way , and very soft , so that sharp feline claws and teeth can sink into it in a satisfying way . |
| 15 | Of course , we might put it a different way today : ‘ Can God be known , and is the Christian faith the answer to human needs ? ’ |
| 16 | Although the majority of weakly electric fish , in both the African and the South American groups , give their electric discharges in discrete pulses and are called " pulse " species , a minority of species in both groups do it a different way and are called " wave " species . |
| 17 | do it a different way . |
| 18 | A certain national tabloid put it a different way today : Yanks 2 Planks 0 . |
| 19 | erm , she made me bend my head and I could only bend it a little way and she could see the spasms |
| 20 | People walked round it , a pram wheel caught it and dragged it a little way . |
| 21 | You may find it a long way to come for a comparatively short meeting and I should also mention that we have a regular reporter who covers the meeting on behalf of the Courier and the Garstang Guardian . |
| 22 | And if you walk in pleasant surroundings , you 'll find it a good way to let go of stress , too . |