Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] their [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Historical evidence would suggest that American and French sign languages began to go their separate ways in 1816 , when French Sign Language was imported with the French deaf teacher Clerc ; one would therefore expect a very high degree of similarity , as 1816 is very recent in glottochronological terms , and the percentage of cognate signs should be over 90 per cent . |
| 2 | There they decided to go their separate ways and were not to join forces again for another three years . |
| 3 | And in the evening , after the wake , when the last guests had made their respectful way home , Jean mustered the courage to do what had to be done . |
| 4 | In a sense they were victims of a paradox ; they had chosen their middle way in order to retain their identity ; yet it was to be this very middle way which convinced others that they had relinquished it . |
| 5 | Although Reed and Random House discussed the possibility of a publishing joint venture , Ingrid Selberg of Reed and Piet Snyman of RH decided in the end that they wanted to go their separate ways . |