Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [prep] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , far be it from me to stand in the way of close international relations … ’ |
| 2 | That 's the point where we go wrong — I mean in the way we think about eternity . |
| 3 | The other day , I got in the way of a car and the driver had to swerve to avoid me . |
| 4 | She said , ‘ I 'm sorry if I got in the way just now , when you wanted to talk about the vineyard . ’ |
| 5 | But I found out the way to braid leather myself . |
| 6 | You do n't mind if I sleep on the way back , do you ? ’ |
| 7 | Yes and on the whole recently we 've had prisoners who been imprison for sort of two or three years , we 've , we 've made up petitions , we 've sent postcards and we 've , we 've written letters and er they 've been released in reasonably short space of time , but then mostly the prisoners which , who have n't had a very long sentence , unlike the one I mentioned on the way here tonight , have the Russian who had been in thirty years |
| 8 | Yeah , well I do , believe me , I feel very s Mom , I gag on the way t |
| 9 | I dropped down from the loch only to find that the terrain was considerably steeper than I recalled on the way up , although the compass said I was doing fine . |
| 10 | ‘ I object to the way you 've dressed like someone from the pages of a Dickensian workhouse and turned up with your belongings in carrier bags as if you 're on your way to the laundromat . ’ |
| 11 | I mean if if I 'd done that this morning and I 'd written it all up before you came in and then said well what we 've done is this and then we did that and then we did that but as as it was generated as we discussed then then you were with me I hope at the way it went |
| 12 | Nor can I look at the way in which this view of faith and reason has influenced contemporary Christian thinking , both mainstream and among the evangelical or fundamentalist groups where it is most in evidence . |
| 13 | And I know from the way you talk |
| 14 | I refer to the way in which higher education , as an institution within society , acts not just as a vehicle for economic reproduction within the social classes , but also as a means of ‘ cultural reproduction ’ . |
| 15 | How am I doing by the way Jennifer ? |
| 16 | No I rang on the way back from the bank . |
| 17 | I sang on the way home . |
| 18 | I marvel at the way so great a power is falling so gentle on the earth . |
| 19 | ‘ I still do miss her so much , but when I 'm down I think of the way she kept so cheerful after losing Dad , although she missed him terribly … so I try to keep cheerful for her . ’ |
| 20 | I think of the way you used to help Mum when we were kids — how kind and efficient you were even when you were quite small . |
| 21 | Err I think by the way I 've pretty much got all the the areas wrapped up in Scotland if we can just get going and we can get |
| 22 | I said oh I said by the way Steven will be round this afternoon to video . |
| 23 | And that 's what makes , that 's how it is , that 's the only , only step I had on the way you know what you 're doing . |
| 24 | As I sat there first at EDC [ Economic Development Committee ] and then at Home Affairs , I reflected on the way that Cabinet Committees as well as the Cabinet itself are becoming part of the dignified element of the English constitution . |
| 25 | Not that I approve of the way some of the young people were dressed today . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not sure I approve of the way you were looking at that visitor , ’ he went on , bending towards her and speaking quietly . |
| 27 | However little I care for the way you live , I shall concede that as long as you get your facts right , sense flavours and textures with accuracy and discrimination , think out the implications of your choices , are not deceived about your desires and ambitions , you may do as you please . |
| 28 | I pointed out the way we had gone about it in 1974 , when we wished to add an item to the ICAO agenda and were able to agree upon a concerted approach by the major European delegations towards achieving our aims . |
| 29 | A meeting in which you say ‘ if what you tell me happened in the way you describe then we owe you an apology ’ would seem to offer no admission of liability or guilt in situations where legal action results . |
| 30 | They carry your luggage and your provisions ; they will even keep you amused along the way by pulling faces . |