Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj] way [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | We have welcomed what the Board are doing , and we 've encouraged them to find new ways of doing so more in meeting the needs of the elderly who increase in numbers here in Scotland . |
2 | Then after I got half way along the I used to go down to that was another place where there was two more bungalows , you see , and then come out of there and go away to call on some more houses until I got to Miss the finish of the round . |
3 | The first May I fell out my garden and put my elbow out , this , this , this one right out which makes it awkward for me to use now , you know , I , I put that right out and therefore erm I had to go at , up to hospital and put that right and the follow the following , the following May my bed caught alight with electric blanket and that blazed all up , had my , had my bed all alight my double bed , the electric blanket and I 'd only just had it serviced and that went , that was the second May and the third May we were going on an outing me and erm Arthur that was lodging with me and he , we got out of the taxi at Parndon and it , he just collapsed and died at me feet so that 's the , that was the end of that and I 've been living here you know , since he went , and erm I used to be able to get anywhere with one stick cos I had arthritis in this right hip you see , I could get anywhere with one stick in the taxi , or anywhere and I went to my son 's , er which is now coming , I 've been here about twelve years in this bungalow , er eight years erm , eight years ago in No this November gone , I went down to my son 's , it was rather slippery and he took me down in the car and I , as I got out erm the car I said to him mind it 's very slippery , he said I wo n't let you fall mother he said , so I went in , but as I came out with one stick he still had n't got anything down , you know , if it had been a , a sort of erm sand or something down I would n't of slipped and I got half way in his car and out I fell and caught this left hip on the step , on the step and I dislocated my hip and it 's right out of the socket like that , it should be , and I ca n't have it put back because I 've had several coronaries in my life time and I can not have it put back you see |
4 | I tried many ways of earning a few extra bob . |
5 | I tried many ways of joining the cords , but found that the best is to use a latch tool and catch a loop at the back of one cord and pull through a loop from the other cord . |
6 | He 's holding his hand out to me , yelling at me , but I 'm stuck there , terrified , screaming , and I do n't know what to do , ca n't think what to do , even while he 's yelling at me to help him , come out to him , get a branch , but I 'm petrified at the thought of setting foot on that white , treacherous surface and I ca n't imagine finding a branch , ca n't think what to do as I look one way towards the tall trees above the hidden gorge and the other along the shore of the loch towards the boat-house but there are no branches , there 's only snow everywhere , and then Andy stops struggling and slips under the whiteness . |
7 | As I had to go back to my office after a big luncheon party , I arrived half way through the collection . |
8 | Two — ’ a finger joined the thumb ‘ — I know another way through the keep that will take us out to a side-gate which , if we 're lucky , wo n't be guarded … |
9 | I walked some way behind Jean-Claude on the narrow path that skirted the woods and lost sight of him when my attention was diverted to a shadowy path in the trees . |
10 | I confess that I felt that way at the time : the track was , despite the massive pile-up , clear . |
11 | ‘ If I knew another way of effecting this exorcism , as you 've aptly called it , do you think I 'd touch you ? ’ |
12 | And unfortunately I 'd eaten a large quantity of this Afghani black and I was really bombed out and I slept half way through Jimi Hendrix and I could have kicked myself . |
13 | I have other ways of keeping fit . |
14 | I see many ways of a solution but there is never positive solution , but I feel that they are putting units into this country , like they can bomb anywhere they like in this country . |
15 | Are you finishing that you got half way down that like this erm I 'll |
16 | Hawkins said : ‘ You mentioned two ways of removing the clamp . |
17 | She has other ways of protecting her stake in her offspring . |
18 | Question : What do you get if you travel half way around the world and spend seven 19-hour days debating Amnesty 's future ? |
19 | You know either way to actually just let the P G O know . |
20 | Are you getting any way in in persuading the authorities , the relevant authorities , both central and local government that they should be doing more to recognise what you 've described as the diversity of family options ? |
21 | If you weave half way across a row and stop and take off the sinker plate , you 'll see the weaving yarn weaving up and down over the needles . |
22 | ‘ Sorry you feel that way about it , Mark . |
23 | ‘ Are you checking up on me ? ’ she demanded half way through the afternoon . |
24 | ‘ You dress that way from choice , not because you have no idea how to ? ’ |
25 | I do n't think they like you changing half way through treatment . |
26 | You have two ways of getting hold of this driver . |
27 | ( Would you say you have particular ways of doing things … ? ) |
28 | ( Would you say you have particular ways of doing things … ? ) |
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30 | ( Would you say you have particular ways of doing things … ? ) |