Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [vb pp] [art] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Connie Fraser was n't really any of my business , but I 'd liked the way she was taking this whole bit . |
| 2 | I wish I 'd had fewer children — if I 'd known the way prices would go up … |
| 3 | Maybe the reason I had Testified the way I did was a kind of double bhiff on Argol 's part . |
| 4 | But I 've seen a way to get a message out . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've seen the way he gives confidence to the sick , in spite of his youth . |
| 6 | " I 've seen the way she treats you , sir … like a child , " Jane blurted out . |
| 7 | I 've seen the way Louise looks at you , and Roger and Amy obviously approve . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've seen the way you look at him — and frankly we 've all found it rather embarrassing to see the lovesick look on your face whenever he 's anywhere near you . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've seen the way she looks at you ! |
| 10 | I 've seen the way he looks at you , Virgie ! |
| 11 | ‘ Buster 's one of my heroes , ’ he said , ‘ and I 've admired the way he and other old-timers used to do their own stunts . |
| 12 | ‘ I think I 've got a way of making it taste a little less foul this year , ’ said Jack Nopps one Christmas . |
| 13 | If he 's really cornered , he might think well I 've got to fight , I 've got no way round it . |
| 14 | As I have altered the way I teach mathematics , I have found pupils have been more highly motivated and have demonstrated skills I had not suspected they possessed . |
| 15 | ‘ I have employed every way I know , ’ said Bowet wearily , ‘ to procure money for his Grace 's needs . |
| 16 | I have left the way clear for anyone to take over as chairman . |
| 17 | I have tried every way I wrote let a letter hoping somebody would actually come and ask me what was wrong . |
| 18 | I have noticed this during the last two or three days that I have been sitting here , being able for the first time in this House , to see the faces of my old associates , I have admired the way in which they have cheered to keep their spirits up , and I have admired those who have done that knowing — knowing — that only a few weeks , possibly , remain , before the place that knows them now will know them no more . |
| 19 | I have found the way I have been treated by qualified and unqualified people patronising and presumptuous and deeply offensive . |
| 20 | I have suggested a way of learning which uses the skills of both the teacher and the trained nurse in the clinical environment , working together to improve patient care . |
| 21 | Meanwhile she has given the impression that , by looking to the earliest community of women and men , she has found a way for women to be Christian . |
| 22 | Tonight she 'd seen the way to get rid of him for good . |
| 23 | Eventually , she 'd found a way to endure her moments spent on stage . |
| 24 | He 'd always had the nicest smile , open and boyish , but she 'd forgotten the way his hazel eyes sparkled with greenish lights , perhaps because she 'd never seen him so tanned before . |
| 25 | In all the yelling and argument that followed Jo concluded that Andy the gardener was a starfucker in the literal sense of the term , for what else could her mother have been doing in the pool house at that time of day and why else would she have over-reacted the way she did ? |
| 26 | You 've got no way to say , ‘ I 'm going to make a takeover bid , ’ or ‘ I 'm going to appoint myself , ’ or whatever . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You 've got a way with Jacko , Andy . |
| 28 | At last you 've got a way out . ’ |
| 29 | So you 've got a way of analysing behaviour and what that leads you into is the ability to manipulate the consequences of certain behaviour , okay ? |
| 30 | Well that bit if you like , but , if you like , your accent he 's after , so if you feel that you 've got a way of describing your accent , then put it down there . |