Example sentences of "of the way [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That does n't sound out of the way to me . |
| 2 | ‘ About two-thirds of the way through her leaving year , she said : ‘ Look , I ca n't be bothered with this . |
| 3 | And what will he do to ensure that in future years the system pays up at the beginning of the year , not a third of the way through it or later ? |
| 4 | Well that 's right , yes , and the other thing as well , I should n't really be telling you this , , because it 's bad news for us but , if you in fact write a long , rambling press release , what you will find is that the journalist will almost , almost certainly go three-quarters of the way down it to find the real story which is hidden in there , and occasionally that real story is purposely hidden down in there , and you know you look at any council minutes , and the real story is always , inevitably hidden down there , because it 's the bit that somebody does n't want people to know about , and so journalists are naturally trained to go down the bit to find out what 's it about . |
| 5 | Alright to go a third of the way round you 'll go one third of and we know how to write of . |