Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] the [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank you for the complimentary way you 've acted . |
| 2 | So it , it , it 's a , it goes much beyond merely a kind of er , cliche , of saying , all people can be sometimes good or people can be sometimes bad , and it tells you about the specific way in which this th this comes about . |
| 3 | I do n't want to come here too often , but I 'll expect messages from you in the usual way . |
| 4 | This will build up your aerobic fitness and train you in the right way . |
| 5 | Cradling the baby in front of you in the traditional way , see above . |
| 6 | When you reach shoulder shaping in a pattern it will generally instruct you in the time-honoured way to ‘ cast off ’ as group of stitches at the beginning of the next given number of rows . |
| 7 | Dear Prime Minister , In spite of the most helpful representations and advice from my staff , I have decided to continue submitting my reports to you in the informal way I settled upon initially … ’ |
| 8 | I have decided to continue submitting my reports to you in the informal way I settled upon initially … |
| 9 | Somebody looks at you in the wrong way some morning , you know , what 's the matter with you , that type of thing you know . |
| 10 | which often looks quite nice so that even if what you 've found does n't quite match up with what they 've found you can say well look you know these theories , ideas are need enriching , they 're a bit inadequate as they stand because what happens when somebody tells you this , what happens when somebody says this erm you know we can , we can revise them in the following way |
| 11 | The problems of crofting may be insoluble in terms of practical politics , but , if we look at them in the right way , we may find that they themselves are a resource . |
| 12 | ‘ Scouting attracts the hooligans , ’ he told the National Defence Association in 1910 , ‘ who are really the fellows of character if you can turn them in the right way ; and no doubt these fellows will be of some use to us in the future instead of being absolute waste material , fit only to be buried . ’ |
| 13 | Faced with narrow options , the Chancellor broadened them in the only way realistically open to him — chronologically . |
| 14 | Part of the time he sees them in the familiar way as creatures who lack rationality to at least some degree . |
| 15 | Remember to slice the peppers into ribbons lengthways : if you do them in the usual way as rings they will be too curved to slide in easily . |
| 16 | After about five minutes he saw a strange sight of what he took to be three men approaching ; he challenged them in the usual way and shouted , ‘ Halt or I fire . ’ |
| 17 | However if you are prone to sore feet , treat them in the old-fashioned way by rubbing the soles and heels with surgical spirit to harden the skin . |
| 18 | If you are not in a position to be ruthless about getting rid of people on the platform , school them in the proper way to behave — sitting still , looking towards the speaker and not thumping the table in their enthusiasm . |
| 19 | But they ca n't turn them round the other way ! |
| 20 | But they ca n't turn them round the other way ! |
| 21 | Get them round the wrong way , of course , and you spend ten thousand pounds worth of preparation on a ten p problem . |
| 22 | In June 1901 , the Board received a letter in which he expressed his gratitude for the provision of a room for himself , and congratulated them on the efficient way in which the alterations had been carried out . |
| 23 | It might be unpractical to replicate eastern culture in the west , but there is much to be gained from extracting certain elements of that culture and adapting them to the western way of life . |
| 24 | I mean I believe I could love him in the other way , his way , now . |
| 25 | He accepted it when it was explained to him in the right way . |
| 26 | ‘ It would n't be wise to communicate with him in the usual way while he 's there . ’ |
| 27 | Where an innocent purchaser is able to rely upon an estoppel , property in the goods passes to him in the normal way , i.e. as if his seller himself has good title to give . |
| 28 | The hon. Gentleman must use the time available to him in the normal way to debate that matter . |
| 29 | ‘ Why not go and see him in the proper way instead of lurking around by night ? ’ |
| 30 | Surely any minute she would wake up and find Marc lying beside her , his arms holding her in the loving way of barely twelve hours ago ? |