Example sentences of "they [verb] this way " in BNC.
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| 1 | This Mrs Melburn , the parson 's wife … she seems a motherly figure , in a way , but that bit ’ — she pointed to the page of a letter that was on the table — ‘ that bit tells you why they came this way . ’ |
| 2 | they came look , they came this way , they did n't go , they did n't go the long way round , I believe ya , they came this way up here |
| 3 | they came look , they came this way , they did n't go , they did n't go the long way round , I believe ya , they came this way up here |
| 4 | How satisfied are they with the various parts of the criminal justice process ( policing , trial , and sentence ) and why do they feel this way ? |
| 5 | They turned this way and that to hie or wheesh or tcht tcht or whoa ; and of course , I have no doubt the horses were so tired they would have found their way home any way . |
| 6 | Do they go this way round ? |
| 7 | So I 'll hide with the cake , lest they wander this way . |
| 8 | ‘ Will they come this way ? ’ |
| 9 | I mean I used to , I can chart the American way you see cos but the American way is different to the British way cos we just count number one to eight but with an American they go one one , one two , one three , one four , one five , one six and then they come this way . |
| 10 | They gaze this way and that in stagey grief . |