Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] the [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or put the other way round every American state raises eighty percent of the money it spends within the state whereas a British local authority is raising ten percent or fifteen percent . |
| 2 | Loving humanity means as much and as little as loving raindrops , or loving the Milky Way . |
| 3 | They should have flown north in March , but perhaps they were n't paying attention when the others left , maybe deep in conversation or looking the other way . |
| 4 | You get some funny bits or going the wrong way . |
| 5 | Maria did n't need to look at his face or see the confident way he carried himself as he stepped out of the lift with her . |
| 6 | Mr Redwood said : ‘ The M4 and the Great Western Railway that carries Welsh goods to the English market and beyond also bring English voices and influences the other way . |
| 7 | It will require extensive amendment to the Bill , but given the Committee 's progress in considering part I , and given the positive way in which Opposition Members have put their case , I am happy to undertake to table amendments on Report to keep the option open to establish a funding council for further education . ’ |
| 8 | TIPSY cyclist Jeffrey Maidment set off home after a night in the pub — and rode the wrong way down the M27 motorway . |
| 9 | Llangollen Railway staff at work re-railing the breakdown crane and repairing the Permanent Way following the derailment at Glyndyfrdwy . |
| 10 | A PENSIONER caused havoc after getting lost and driving the wrong way up a motorway . |
| 11 | It the impetus came I think largely from feminism and it was perhaps a way of of y'know kind of erm because there was a great deal of interest , particularly in the seventies , in cataloguing and understanding the various ways in which women were oppressed and this is one of the things came to light and often through things like consciousness raising groups . |
| 12 | The man got back in his car and drove the wrong way along the street . |
| 13 | Lexandro swung and fired the other way , just as the tech boy was in the very act of throwing his knife . |
| 14 | Incidentally if you misunderstand the motion and vote the wrong way there is nothing you can do about it later to correct the mistake — you have to live with it ! |
| 15 | You 're not doing anything with your life because as usual you 're facing in the wrong direction and going the wrong way . |
| 16 | The Youngs ' pair , split by the draw , nevertheless came together and raced the whole way side by side like twins . |
| 17 | We nod politely and look the other way to discourage further conversation . |
| 18 | This was a different place with upside down rules and no justice and prison officers who take the nod from criminals and look the other way . |
| 19 | They 're gon na take one look at you and run the other way ! |
| 20 | In section 2.1 of this chapter , we discuss the characteristics of labour as a factor of production and examine the different ways of delineating labour markets . |
| 21 | Because of course it may seem , and very many people objected to him , that , if you adopt his sort of subjectivist views , erm you are perhaps deprived of any rational basis upon which you can criticize and condemn the actual way in which human beings conduct their affairs and organize their society . |
| 22 | I watched her go and then , shaking my head , I turned and walked the other way . |
| 23 | Help her by arranging her clothes on the bed in the order she should put them on , and facing the right way . |
| 24 | ‘ Sometimes , when there are three thousand people hanging on every note , I find myself wishing they were all stood at the bar and facing the other way . |
| 25 | I done it , I did it all neat and tidy the whole way round till we got round to the door and I says you can do it , no way am I cutting round there big chunk |
| 26 | She liked her guests to see and hear the efficient way that she dealt with difficult situations . |
| 27 | double white lines system , We 'll show you this one in a minute , and coming the other way you will see there 's an overtake . |
| 28 | Complete your attempted number and circle the other way . |
| 29 | Magdy Yacoub was summoned , and decided the only way to save the man would be to boost his heart with part of a cardiac support system that Yacoub borrowed at an international congress last October . |
| 30 | I watched as they laughed behind her back , mocked her , walked out of rooms when she appeared , and looked the other way when she spoke to them . |