Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] the [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 | 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 . |
4 | But , and it is a big but , I learnt the hard way and have been proven in practice . |
5 | ‘ I am more and more Christian as I walk the unchristian ways of Christendom ’ , he wrote , confessing himself ‘ a conscientious objector with a very seared conscience ’ . |
6 | I drove the long way round , debating what to say and do . ’ |
7 | 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 . |
8 | It is about four miles to the Port of Ness from Cross and I think I tiptoed the whole way . |
9 | I enjoyed the French way of playing . ’ |
10 | May I suggest the other way around ? ’ |
11 | ‘ I may not know much , but I know the best way to deal with situations like this . ’ |
12 | you know , I like the that way , but |
13 | I walked the long way with the early sun bright in my eyes and frosted gravel crisp beneath my feet . |
14 | Feeling as if I were under an enchantment , I walked the narrow way , between vivid white handrails that shone in the half-light . |
15 | 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 ! |
16 | I reckon the easiest way |
17 | ‘ I believe the only way for community nursing to develop is to extend the district nursing service . |
18 | ‘ I believe the only way we can go forward is to be value for money . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | No I find the other way |
22 | When something goes wrong , I find the quickest way to make matters worse is to launch in with my own fury , or insist that they repair the damage MY way . |
23 | I find the easiest way is not to attempt to free the yarn from the sinker plate completely , but to free it just enough to enable you to push the carriage on past the weaving yarn . |
24 | ‘ I decided the only way to come back was with a fresh new look , ’ she said . |
25 | But I suppose the best way of answering that is to say that my own two sons aged 9 and 11 are playing rugby , love it , and I have no hesitation in letting them do so . |
26 | I feel the same way about the police . |
27 | I feel the same way . |
28 | ‘ I feel the same way . ’ |
29 | ‘ I feel the same way . ’ |
30 | ‘ I started the same way last year , ’ he said . |