Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] it that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I think a lot of people feel vaguely when they see two duffers marrying that the duffers must prefer it that way .
2 I know you have to operate in secret , but we must keep it that way .
3 I see now the relentless laying down of guilt , and I feel a faint surprise that I must interpret it that way .
4 He might , some people might prefer it that way , Flora nice wee quiet village .
5 I 'll do it that way round .
6 Oh I 'll do it that way and take a chance .
7 or owt owing to me , I says , we 'll do it that way and then you come
8 Yeah , so I 'll video it next week , I 'll do it that way , oh there 's
9 I 've always travelled around by road , and I 'll keep it that way .
10 Yeah I 'll have it that way , I do n't like it the other way up .
11 ‘ You might put it that way . ’
12 I 'll put it that way then
13 you 'll find it that way anyway wo n't you ?
14 Well , I 'll turn it that way .
15 Let's keep it that way .
16 I 'd like to say that I do sit on T U C youth forum and the G M B have the strongest , most active youth section so let's keep it that way and give our young members all the support and encouragement they deserve .
17 Let's keep it that way . ’
18 So let's keep it that way folks .
19 Sometimes if you get an easy one , fine , you could do it that way .
20 In that sense it 's a glorified soap — and I 've heard it dismissed more than once as a yuppie Dallas , though I find it as difficult to understand how anyone could see it that way as those people would find it to understand how I can curl up , laugh and cry with the characters each week and carry their dilemmas around with me in the days in between .
21 ‘ I hoped you 'd see it that way , signore .
22 ‘ I 'd keep it that way , if I was you , ’ McGowan said .
23 Funny way of writing it , but you ca you could write it that way .
24 ‘ You could put it that way .
25 ‘ You could put it that way , ’ the Doctor agreed .
26 And er a further er fly in the ointment , if one could put it that way , will be of course with the erm the local hospital whose site is just off this er the key plan provided , their decision from the first of next month to actually charge for spaces within their area , which of course will have a further effect of decanting even more cars into neighbouring streets and thus put pressure on some of the streets which hitherto have not benefited from ah residents ' parking so there will be further er obviously further requests from er from those residents of neighbouring streets .
27 It 's a question of just choosing and what you are saying is that you can increase you payback , if I could put it that way , by choosing numbers which are for whatever reason less popular with some people , simply because the payback is larger on those days .
28 I mean given that you 've got a , oh I do n't know , a pound you 're going to spend a week in gambling entertainment , if I could put it that way , you 'd do better to go in for the pools , because if you did have a win you might have a big one , than to put it on a horse — am I right ?
29 You say they 've got some sort of guidance , perhaps through the Magistrates ' Association , or maybe through some local starting point tariff if I could put it that way .
30 But there is room for people , like myself for example , who have part interest in education , if I could put it that way , to spend some time working with you .
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