Example sentences of "way [prep] [v-ing] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … children find it easier to improvise , and therefore liberate themselves in terms of discovering and finding valuable ways of expressing what they want to say through sound , but also learning new skills through improvisation . |
| 2 | Next Wed 's possible visit to London — there 'll probably be a train strike that day , so maybe we should think of alternative ways of getting whatever it is you want me to bring down to you on another day ? |
| 3 | But Margery had ways of getting what she wanted . |
| 4 | Of course we shall want to ensure that their learning becomes more systematic and that their horizons are widened to encompass ways of thinking which they would not encounter if left to their own devices . |
| 5 | Where as innovators say that 's boring , er there 's got to be better ways of doing it you see . |
| 6 | The more I think on it the more I see that this cruel sentence may yet be turned to advantage and may be God 's way of effecting what I most desire and have been unable to bring about . |
| 7 | It seemed Gran too sensed there was no way of stopping whatever it was that had begun … ’ |
| 8 | If Mr Rich found that way of recovering what he had lent Mr Dunn in good faith unpalatable , he could apply to the county court for an ‘ Attachment of Earnings Order ’ instructing Dunn 's employer to make weekly or monthly deductions from his earnings . |
| 9 | A question is a way of defining what we do not know . |
| 10 | ‘ We 've no way of knowing what she must bear , we 've no burdens like hers . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ On his terms , no back-up , no weapon , no way of knowing what he 's got planned ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I said , ‘ So you 're going there with no back-up , no weapon , no way of knowing what he 'll do ’ — something like that . ’ |
| 13 | It gives criticism , and critical theory , no way of knowing what it is for : no way , that is , — of arguing for one kind of production against another , or of valuing some forms over others . |
| 14 | You had no way of knowing what it would be like and she may change one day . " |
| 15 | Another good way is to say grace before meals , which is another way of appreciating what we are about to consume . |
| 16 | There was no way of telling what he was thinking . |
| 17 | No doubt it amused him , but although he did n't laugh outright he took this way of telling her she could forget it . |
| 18 | It may also be that her naughtiness is her way of telling you she 's not ready for the toddler group yet . |
| 19 | It 's their way of telling us they 're in control , that we 're hooked on their line . ‘ |
| 20 | ‘ Though I 'm sometimes so conscious of lack of technique , it 's also quite exciting to find a way of expressing what you see in a person in lines . |
| 21 | This is fighting talk , and suggests his fond memories of Maurras and the Action Française , but it was only talk — perhaps it was Eliot 's way of enlivening what he thought to be the muted tone of discussion in England ; perhaps it was also a method of inspiring his colleagues at the Moot whom he called " companions in affliction " , intellectuals or refugees who were on the periphery of events to which there was no foreseeable end . |
| 22 | Could be quite a useful way of revising what we 've learned . ’ |
| 23 | Stephen had a way of getting what he wanted from people and then moving rapidly on . |
| 24 | You may get fobbed off with excuses four or five times , but if you can continue with the repetition in a controlled way without losing your temper , coupled with reasoning , it is a very powerful way of getting what you want . |
| 25 | 6 Set language uses symbols as a short way of saying what we mean . |
| 26 | ‘ And these must be fulfilled ’ ( a banker 's way of saying what we did for Brazil we can do for you ) . |
| 27 | It 's most satisfying to suddenly recognise an easier way of doing something you 've been doing the hard way for ages ! |
| 28 | The simplest and safest response was to agree with him , and then find a way of doing what you wanted later . |
| 29 | At the moment we are in a situation where you can get an extremely good example like the O'Reillys and you can get an extremely bad example and there is no way of regulating which you end up with . |
| 30 | In recent years , however , the Child Poverty Action Group has made considerable use of judicial review as a way of attacking what they see as faults in the social security system , and this has to some extent overcome the barriers to the use of judicial review in this area . |