Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [art] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean the only way measure it I suppose is by talking to them . |
| 2 | Why what a er what about doing taking it out of er I mean the only way is taking out |
| 3 | I got a long way to go to get to high class . |
| 4 | When I first began designing for double jacquard , which was quite a long time ago , there was little or no information available and not many knitters used the technique , so over the years I learnt the hard way by trial and error . |
| 5 | But , and it is a big but , I learnt the hard way and have been proven in practice . |
| 6 | ‘ I came a long way to say I 'm sorry , ’ Leonora reminded him . |
| 7 | I drove the long way round , debating what to say and do . ’ |
| 8 | The offence was grievous and innocent , I drove the wrong way round a roundabout , which sounds appalling but there was not a single other car in sight to , in a sense to steer by so to speak , erm but there was one policeman , and he stopped me , and he fined me , and I had to search for my purse , which I had well hidden , this being Italy , erm underneath all the bedding and the tents and the cooking pots , found it in due course , presented him very shakily with these thousand lire or whatever it was he wanted , and , and this is really the point , drove off very shakily too . |
| 9 | It is about four miles to the Port of Ness from Cross and I think I tiptoed the whole way . |
| 10 | I enjoyed the French way of playing . ’ |
| 11 | May I suggest the other way around ? ’ |
| 12 | I think it was Old Harlow or Hoddesdon somewhere I used to go , I know a long way off we had to go because there was n't anything round here was there ? |
| 13 | I hung around for a while … now I come to think of it , I walked a short way along the path , looking for him . ’ |
| 14 | I walked the long way with the early sun bright in my eyes and frosted gravel crisp beneath my feet . |
| 15 | Feeling as if I were under an enchantment , I walked the narrow way , between vivid white handrails that shone in the half-light . |
| 16 | I remember the disgraceful way she allowed you to be neglected when you had flu , only bringing up a water biscuit or two when she deigned to climb the stairs ! |
| 17 | Silver and I followed a long way behind the rest , and I had to help him . |
| 18 | ‘ I believe the only way for community nursing to develop is to extend the district nursing service . |
| 19 | ‘ I believe the only way we can go forward is to be value for money . |
| 20 | We have n't been trying hard to persuade the Garrimperos to adopt different technologies , more modern technologies that would avoid the contamination of the mercury , but as I said I believe the only way of reaching this goal is if we can organize the Garrimperos to have er a kind of er institutionalized way of exploiting gold , not the sort of gold rush i that is being on and on On and off in Brazil for two centuries right now . |
| 21 | Since it is inevitable , I wish I could come to terms with it , but I find the only way I can cope at present is to avoid thinking about it . |
| 22 | No I find the other way |
| 23 | Why should n't I have a different way of estimating it ? |
| 24 | ‘ I decided the only way to come back was with a fresh new look , ’ she said . |
| 25 | I knew no other way to learn technique , so I kept on trying to do what she told me , hoping for the best , hoping that my true voice would appear around the corner . |
| 26 | ‘ So I knew the only way to get you running was to start moving . ’ |
| 27 | But I saw no other way out : I did n't know if I would ever have a chance again . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I saw no other way of protecting the interests of the Corosini , ’ he growled . |
| 29 | I turn the other way , but it 's difficult to see in the mirror cos the corner 's been broke off . |
| 30 | If I was a man and I thought the only way to get my jollies was by coughing up for a woman 's veal in a sorrel coulis , I would be suicidal . |