Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm surprised you did n't fall over on the way here . ’ |
| 2 | When it moves any models in its path are run over , sustaining a strength 7 hit unless they can jump out of the way . |
| 3 | You can not expect to be asked the questions exactly as they appear here and you will be badly thrown if you have programmed yourself with exact responses to very particular questions which do not crop up in the way you had anticipated . |
| 4 | But a more novel objection came from Dr Leonard Wilson , when Bishop of Birmingham , and who opened a school without wearing gaiters as a form of protest because he believed : ‘ Bishops should not dress up in the way of the decadent eighteenth century . ’ |
| 5 | But it seems that not everyone can keep up with the way our language is changing . |
| 6 | If the results did not always work out in the way intended , the blame for the failings of the criminal justice system can not be attributed to any lack of zeal to legislate . |
| 7 | That does n't sound out of the way to me . |
| 8 | ‘ I just thought I 'd better keep out of the way . |
| 9 | He said he was a collector of antiques so I said I 'd better keep out of the way . |
| 10 | Even the compensation of going to the Saturday matinee on my own to see Buck Jones or Hoot Gibson and then again at night with Uncle Geordie and his wife to another picture house for the big film of the week — Clara Bow or Norma Talmadge or some star like that — did n't make up for the way Skipper kept eyeing me and slavering . |
| 11 | Come on , Miss Williams , you 're not so naïve that you honestly believe that a mere apology will make up for the way you behaved . ’ |
| 12 | No , you might puke up on the way |
| 13 | Perhaps they did not like what you were saying — it did n't fit in with the way they see their magazine . |
| 14 | Is the agent the type of person or company that will fit in with the way your company carries out its business ? |
| 15 | And we 'll drop in on the way home to watch a few election results or do you think if I start having a party tomorrow night it 's gon na get out of hand ? |
| 16 | ‘ But we did stop off on the way for a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 17 | and when it gets to the chasing teddy bears you 've got to run as fast as you can , so you 'd better move out of the way |
| 18 | So , that cloud will move out of the way but yet another lump of thick cloud is just appearing on the left of the screen to pose more problems for tomorrow . |
| 19 | ‘ He said he 'd call in on the way home . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps they 'll call in on the way home , ’ she said wistfully . |
| 21 | There again , that 's the best of both worlds ; I have a chance to go out and play stadiums and arenas and then I get to go home and go back to the way I was , although with a lot more experience under my belt . |
| 22 | Why do n't we go back to the way we used to be ? |
| 23 | If I go back , then I know I 'll go back to the way I used to think . |
| 24 | ‘ Only time will tell whether things will change back to the way they were . ’ |
| 25 | Why did you go out of the way to kill Romeo ? |
| 26 | ( i.e. would miss seeing children go by on the way to and from school ) . |
| 27 | Er , those who erm , those who did n't get through by the way , obviously er , er , a quick jot at lunch time before you troll down the road . |
| 28 | Bread and got some sausages bit of erm boiled ham which you can pick up on the way through |
| 29 | A fielder with any sense would simply get out of the way . |
| 30 | Better get out of the way . |