Example sentences of "and [verb] the [adj] way " in BNC.

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1 Mr Redwood said : ‘ The M4 and the Great Western Railway that carries Welsh goods to the English market and beyond also bring English voices and influences the other way .
2 It will require extensive amendment to the Bill , but given the Committee 's progress in considering part I , and given the positive way in which Opposition Members have put their case , I am happy to undertake to table amendments on Report to keep the option open to establish a funding council for further education . ’
3 TIPSY cyclist Jeffrey Maidment set off home after a night in the pub — and rode the wrong way down the M27 motorway .
4 Llangollen Railway staff at work re-railing the breakdown crane and repairing the Permanent Way following the derailment at Glyndyfrdwy .
5 A PENSIONER caused havoc after getting lost and driving the wrong way up a motorway .
6 It the impetus came I think largely from feminism and it was perhaps a way of of y'know kind of erm because there was a great deal of interest , particularly in the seventies , in cataloguing and understanding the various ways in which women were oppressed and this is one of the things came to light and often through things like consciousness raising groups .
7 The man got back in his car and drove the wrong way along the street .
8 Lexandro swung and fired the other way , just as the tech boy was in the very act of throwing his knife .
9 Incidentally if you misunderstand the motion and vote the wrong way there is nothing you can do about it later to correct the mistake — you have to live with it !
10 You 're not doing anything with your life because as usual you 're facing in the wrong direction and going the wrong way .
11 The Youngs ' pair , split by the draw , nevertheless came together and raced the whole way side by side like twins .
12 We nod politely and look the other way to discourage further conversation .
13 This was a different place with upside down rules and no justice and prison officers who take the nod from criminals and look the other way .
14 They 're gon na take one look at you and run the other way !
15 In section 2.1 of this chapter , we discuss the characteristics of labour as a factor of production and examine the different ways of delineating labour markets .
16 Because of course it may seem , and very many people objected to him , that , if you adopt his sort of subjectivist views , erm you are perhaps deprived of any rational basis upon which you can criticize and condemn the actual way in which human beings conduct their affairs and organize their society .
17 I watched her go and then , shaking my head , I turned and walked the other way .
18 Help her by arranging her clothes on the bed in the order she should put them on , and facing the right way .
19 ‘ Sometimes , when there are three thousand people hanging on every note , I find myself wishing they were all stood at the bar and facing the other way .
20 I done it , I did it all neat and tidy the whole way round till we got round to the door and I says you can do it , no way am I cutting round there big chunk
21 She liked her guests to see and hear the efficient way that she dealt with difficult situations .
22 double white lines system , We 'll show you this one in a minute , and coming the other way you will see there 's an overtake .
23 Complete your attempted number and circle the other way .
24 Magdy Yacoub was summoned , and decided the only way to save the man would be to boost his heart with part of a cardiac support system that Yacoub borrowed at an international congress last October .
25 I watched as they laughed behind her back , mocked her , walked out of rooms when she appeared , and looked the other way when she spoke to them .
26 But Richard turned his head even further and looked the other way .
27 but you do n't suddenly turn round and go the other way do you ?
28 He was about to turn and go the other way when he heard voices .
29 They all we , turned round and went the other way again !
30 If he was in such a desperate hurry , he could have gone round and gone the other way
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