Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pers pn] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't have to scream at people to get his way ; he just told them and he knew that they knew they had better do it that way or there was gon na be trouble ! ’ |
| 2 | I ca n't think why you have to constantly provoke me this way . ’ |
| 3 | In fact , we would rather do it that way . |
| 4 | Now I want you to do it the hard way , I mean you would n't normally do it this way but when you 've got letters in you 've got no choice . |
| 5 | Much of this could be as plausibly argued today as thirty or more years ago : the extraordinary achievement of the public relations advisers who replaced the ‘ ludicrous courtiers ’ has been to ensure that the royal family do still have it both ways . |
| 6 | Might just about make it one way without registering , but certainly not both . |
| 7 | Might just about make it one way without registering , but certainly not both . ’ |
| 8 | He does n't defend it as the best way of getting the correct decision , he does n't defend it , or he does n't solely defend it that way he does n't defend it either on the idea that people have right to be tried by their peers for example which is the most likely defence now , but he defends jury service on the grounds of the effect it has on the jurors which is quite a novel erm . |
| 9 | In awareness of everything relevant to the issue ( = everything which would spontaneously move me one way or the other ) , I find myself moved towards X , overlooking something relevant I find myself moved towards Y. In which direction shall I let myself be moved ? |
| 10 | An officer on an accompanying ship did n't quite see it that way . |
| 11 | Jack reckoned he was known amongst his male friends of that era as the Great Seducer — his own words — but friend-for-life Robert Towne did not quite remember it that way . |
| 12 | Well I 'd either do it that way or pay , erm , credit cards . |
| 13 | As he reached the door , with a variety of helpful obstructions he shouted his Parthian shot — ‘ You ca n't bloody have it both ways … ’ |