Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [art] way " in BNC.
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| 31 | Dissenting Labour councillor Eddie Dryden refused to support the spending cuts and hit out at the way the proposals were presented to the Labour group prior to the meeting . |
| 32 | When I came back , cos I went in on the way to the hairdresser 's , to find out about it , and I thought I 'd buy him on the way back , when I went back it was still sitting in the same place with its tail hanging out of the back . |
| 33 | There was bright blood running down Nogai 's left arm as he rolled out of the way and , when he scrambled to his feet again , his expression was less confident . |
| 34 | I kept out of the way most of the day . |
| 35 | Diana has since told friends : ‘ I kept out of the way . |
| 36 | Edward kept out of the way . |
| 37 | ‘ Besides , it sounds as if you might be glad of a spare pair of hands , unless … unless you 'd rather I kept out of the way , of course ? ’ |
| 38 | Then there was one from ‘ R. Ufricks District Postmaster ’ informing residents of his area that pillar boxes with two holes in them had been ‘ put to an improper purpose ’ , which he spelled out in a way unlikely to commend itself to the Royal Mail . |
| 39 | Kenne gulped , and looked around for a way out . |
| 40 | I did n't try the grilled Greek halloumi cheese with pitta bread , but as it passed by on the way to another table I rather wished I had . |
| 41 | His friend Michael Kelly described how , when he became animated , his whole face lit up in a way ‘ as impossible to describe , as it would be to paint sunbeams ’ . |
| 42 | It fitted in with the way the old witch had treated him . |
| 43 | Frantic sheep ran out of the way . |
| 44 | He searched around for a way of explaining it . |
| 45 | He shrugs off his legacy of injuries — a fractured bone in his back , ripped Achilles tendons , the deep bruise on his face which he picked up on the way to winning a bronze medal in Poland . |
| 46 | Water that has evaporated and condensed in the upper atmosphere , and then falls as rain , should be pure , except for a little carbon dioxide picked up on the way down ( although in fact , these days , it tends also to contain a whole catalogue of pollutants ) . |
| 47 | She stood out of the way of a party of scantily clad Scandinavian women who were leaving , then waited while her eyesight adjusted to the contrasting darkness . |
| 48 | He tried to slap Jeane Russell with his left hand , but she backed out of the way and just laughed at him . |
| 49 | When prospective buyers came to look at the house , which happened more and more frequently , they stayed out of the way until they had gone . |
| 50 | He stayed out of the way as much as he could , and Sandy mentioned him as infrequently as possible . |
| 51 | He jumped out of the way and the players collided , ’ added Keegan . |
| 52 | Quiss stumbled out of his seat , almost falling , scooped a flat piece of slate from the floor and threw it at the red crow , which screamed and jumped out of the way , spreading its wings and dropping away , flying into the cold clear space below the balcony , its final call echoing briefly , like laughter . |
| 53 | When it came closer I jumped out of the way but it cut the bottom of my trousers . |
| 54 | Curly Top dived out of the way , grabbing for his revolver as Adam drove past . |