Example sentences of "have [vb pp] the [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any other bird would have flown the other way . |
| 2 | It could have turned the other way ; in case you might think this was a simple transaction — it was not . |
| 3 | And so with the help of these , they just managed to do a bit of slate , but if them had not gone back , I thinks this this strike would have turned the other way . |
| 4 | For a second she thought they must have turned the other way , and then she saw them again , riding through the trees , the sunlight striking them before they moved off into the shadows . |
| 5 | Surely any woman would have reacted the same way on discovering a supposed admirer was in reality only after her possessions ? |
| 6 | It would have run the other way if it had heard me coming . |
| 7 | The decision would probably have gone the other way had 100,000 men not already been back at work , mainly in the more prosperous East and West Midland areas . |
| 8 | ‘ No , I came to the conclusion that he must have gone the other way , along the track leading to the road . ’ |
| 9 | They won it clearly after Spence and McCloskey were out-pointed on decisions that could easily have gone the other way . |
| 10 | Probably should have gone the other way into town but |
| 11 | Unless today 's firms learn to manage for profit , not just for the revenue generated by the next deal , it is a fair bet that in fewer years than that many of them will have gone the same way . |
| 12 | I fear it may have gone the same way as Honest John 's other great idea , the hard ecu . |
| 13 | The desert was an unforgiving place , but their training had equipped them to cope , when at any time they could have taken the easy way out and walked down to the coast road to surrender . |
| 14 | Hamnett took the towpath ; insofar as he 'd considered it at all , the old fellow thought he must have returned the other way . ’ |