Example sentences of "[indef pn] [verb] [prep] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inspired , yes , by a bus run , but the booler is definitely my own husband who is devoted to sport and allows nothing to come in the way of his bowls , both indoor and outdoor bowling . |
| 2 | She was kicking herself for forgetting the most basic Capricorn trait of allowing nothing to stand in the way of their goal . |
| 3 | I prefer a more recessed sound with the guitar shade more forward , but nothing stands in the way of a hearty recommendation . |
| 4 | Nothing stands in the way but cultural inertia . " |
| 5 | ‘ I suppose it 's feasible that a girl with your looks and brains could drive someone to behave in the way you 've described . |
| 6 | Nobody spoke on the way back to the truck . |
| 7 | There 's one at Kentish Town , a businessman who smokes big fat cigars like this and he 's half finished them and he throws them on the train and when the doors open no-one clears out the way and he steps on and he 's such as bastard |
| 8 | Understandably , Kendall could hardly contain himself , but it was nothing compared to the way he celebrated Peter Beardsley 's winner six minutes from the end . |
| 9 | The Astra has been accused of having poor suspension control , but it 's nothing compared with the way the LeBaron behaves . |
| 10 | ‘ The entire concept of artistic licence and innovation , on which we put such a high premium these days has nothing to do with the way much early Northern painting was created . |
| 11 | Has this extensive network of connections nothing to do with the way contentious issues like discrimination against women or minorities pollution , state welfare , or housing costs were kept from the political agenda for so long ? |
| 12 | How can you say that has nothing to do with the way you feel ? |
| 13 | One thinks of the way in which the industry set up a factory , with considerable Government money , to produce Skoal Bandits , and then blatantly promoted that carcinogenic product , which promotes mouth cancers , to children in nearby schools . |
| 14 | Clearly , everything depends on the way in which the grant is closed . |
| 15 | You can not expect her to agree wholeheartedly with everything connected with the way you run your home and raise your family , but you must not tolerate any interference in matters that are your concern -just as you must resist the temptation to try to tell her how she should run any part of her life . |
| 16 | Phil Collins — ‘ Something Happened On The Way to Heaven ’ |
| 17 | Phil Collins — ‘ Something Happened On The Way to Heaven ’ |
| 18 | The success of the cold war formula had everything to do with the way in which , at least in the West , it commanded a broad bipartisan political consensus and incorporated the dominant parties of the Left . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes — but I have something to do on the way . |
| 20 | Which probably had something to do with the way that what we sold would reappear slightly redone in Acme six months later . |
| 21 | ‘ It is something to do with the way that people want to chop your head off once you get successful . ’ |
| 22 | It must have something to do with the way the language heaps noun upon noun . |
| 23 | Beauty , I thought , was something to do with the way a face betrayed character . |
| 24 | Presumably it was something to do with the way that Jenner approached his work . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps it 's got something to do with the way Dane looks at you when you 're not aware of it — or vice versa . |
| 26 | It is not for me to help Scottish Tories in those circumstances , but I suggest to them that it may have something to do with the way in which the Government treat Scotland in legislative terms . |
| 27 | Harold , through to the first quarter-final of his professional career , said : ‘ This is obviously my best ever win , and while Stephen did n't play well I like to think it was something to do with the way I played . ’ |
| 28 | On reflection she believed it was something to do with the way she looked — her casual dress . |
| 29 | It 's something to do there 's a clue the clue to Switzerland is something to do with the way that they make their electricity . |
| 30 | We had one split on the way up . |