Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] [pron] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I tried to lie my way out of it . |
| 2 | I 'd clawed my way back up the mountain of rubble like a demented animal , and returned to the turret on automatic pilot . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd lost my way , you see . ’ |
| 4 | I 'd been thinking for a long time that I 'd welcome the chance to talk with a psychiatrist , although not about captivity — I felt I 'd worked my way through that enough — but about my past and how I came to be the person I was when I was taken hostage . |
| 5 | Rome Central is one of the three top postings in the country , along with Milan and Naples , and I 'd worked my way there through a succession of jobs in various provincial headquarters . |
| 6 | Sam and Doone were already in the boatyard by the time I 'd found my way there , neither of them radiating joy , Sam 's multicoloured jacket only emphasising the personality clash with grey plain clothes . |
| 7 | If I 'd had my way … ’ |
| 8 | I was so obsessive about most things that we 'd quickly have got bogged down in details if I 'd had my way . |
| 9 | I dillied I dallied I dallied I dillied lost me way I do n't know where to roam . |
| 10 | I began to make my way towards the doors , but before I could reach them , M. Dupont touched my arm . |
| 11 | when I finally got to the start line at 9.41 am I started to pick my way through the crowd , with difficulty . |
| 12 | As I started to make my way up through some bushes on the left of the kirk , something caught my eye and I stopped . |
| 13 | The sheep were very curious and made a bee-line for me but I managed to push my way through to the birds . |
| 14 | This platform was also fast filling up , but I managed to edge my way along the wall-walk to the shade of a chattri at the south-east corner . |
| 15 | But I managed to talk my way out of them , with luck and with help from Fritz and Sapt . |
| 16 | My eyes gradually became accustomed to the gloom , and I managed to grope my way to the station . |
| 17 | I kept banging my way to and from the can , where they had incredible pictures of nude chicks front magazines all over the wall . |
| 18 | I did lose my way in the network of Prague alleyways . |
| 19 | It was becoming dark and I realized that I had lost my way . |
| 20 | Cedric had n't changed a bit and I had to battle my way to the broken armchair by the fireside . |
| 21 | My exposure to the energy and subtle abilities of my Subud brothers in Java had so ignited my optimism and sense of wonder concerning our hidden natures that I had wangled my way into Lancaster University 's Department of Comparative Religion to write a doctorate on transformational consciousness , in a field which was later to be referred to as psycho-anthropology . |
| 22 | You had to force your way through the flow of MPs to get to the No lobby and I had to force my way through to get to the No lobby . |
| 23 | ‘ I had to work my way through medical school , ’ he told her . |
| 24 | I had forgotten my way and had to look all round me slowly until I recognized the street which I had used a hundred times before . |
| 25 | It was irrelevant to them , and I had to make my way with them from point one . |
| 26 | I wanted to go to Scotland and I remember I came to say goodbye to my parents and that was in the evening and I went by train to Liverpool Street and it was pouring with rain and I had to make my way , I had a taxi across to Euston , you see , and er and I went up th the left side of the country , see , past Carlisle and and then across and across and then and to Greenock er er to Dunoon , you see . |
| 27 | So consequently every time I moved school , moved into different I had to fight me way there for the first week because I hated anyone to call me Ginger you see ? |