Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [prep] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the rag trade was also upside down ready on the trailer to come across , I wo n't bore you with the way they do their budgeting for example , but what happens is , my wife will go to one of those suppliers and say yes , a number of my people want to buy that dress so we want a thousand of them . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They both agreed that if you could n't enjoy yourself on the way , what was the point in running a business that afforded them so much freedom to travel ? |
| 4 | I did n't know anything about the way some birds use warm air currents to help their flight . |
| 5 | Luckily a team of waiters offered a line of protection , though even they could do nothing about the way he was levelling those dark eyes at her as if with deliberate and enigmatic meaning . |
| 6 | At least , that 's the financial advice any Arsenal fan will give you after the way they toyed with and destroyed Coventry using an explosive cocktail of skill , imagination and old-fashioned strengths . |
| 7 | Yeah we 'll do it on the way back |
| 8 | why did n't you do it on the way home ? |
| 9 | The closed doors would hold it for him and he would smoke it on the way back as he had smoked that earlier one on the way down from Finchley Road . |
| 10 | She could sense it in the way men talked to her , the sideways glances of strangers . |
| 11 | ‘ Will you telephone Harriman and ask if he could do anything in the way of intervention ? ’ |
| 12 | We tend to assess people through what they say and the way they say it , to come to conclusions about whether we will like someone from the way they present themselves in words . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll see you on the way back . ’ |
| 14 | PS Will call and see you on the way back if you 've got no battles lined up . |
| 15 | We can , however , understand something of the way this land was used in more detail . |
| 16 | It is difficult sometimes to ascertain Miller 's views on an issue , but by looking at he consequences of people 's actions in this play , we can see something of the way he feels regarding the issues addressed . |
| 17 | You could see it in the way he performed against Pakistan . ’ |
| 18 | I can see it in the way . |
| 19 | ‘ Mind , I 've never seen owt like it in the way of business , only in the books . |
| 20 | It is very difficult to ascertain whether the many companies which use ROI do use it in the way proposed . |
| 21 | But Ramsay might meet them on the way . |
| 22 | ‘ All the people in this valley is descended from four brothers from Scotland called Leekie , ’ Nana sat heavily down on the upright rush-seated chair which was the most she would permit herself in the way of comfort , and began the tale as Martha had always heard her tell it . |
| 23 | We can take her on the way . ’ |
| 24 | Never , she swore , never would she let life mess her around the way it had messed Scarlet . |
| 25 | Did you have anything in the way of holidays erm , was there a sort of works ' holiday or any works ' outings while you were there ? |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't blame me for the way you interpret anything I say , ’ he said blandly . |
| 27 | Well you 'd better get in , you can tell me on the way up . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll tell you on the way home . |
| 29 | ‘ My dear fellow , did I ever tell you about the way two men and two ladies I once met on Mykonos made love ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ And you ca n't blame him for the way we 've been conceding goals . |