Example sentences of "take the [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sartre considered that orthodox dialectical materialism takes the easy way out by merely eliminating the first in favour of the second , making man a passive product entirely determined by economic circumstances . |
| 2 | But it 's no bad thing — we should take the two way traffic of actors and directors more seriously than we do . |
| 3 | It was because he was so alert , so curious about the world , about books and films , that Ghatak could never take the easy way out . |
| 4 | This practically ruined him but rather than take the easy way out and declare himself bankrupt , he called a meeting of his creditors and asked for time to pay . |
| 5 | It would take the easy way and go for the baited foot laid out for it … |
| 6 | It may just be an extremist minority within a minority that would take offence , but one company told PEN it would rather just take the easy way out and not have pigs . |
| 7 | When they reached the road which ran across the top of the village , the groom drew level and , with a nod of his head , indicated that they should take the righthand way which led to the river bridge . |
| 8 | Or will governors consider taking the easy way out ( and the cheapest ) and appoint a local teacher , who has perhaps proved an adequate supply teacher in the recent past ? |
| 9 | She had watched him working delicately on the door , with all the attention to detail of the perfectionist , and had known him to be the sort who got what he wanted in life through hard work , never by taking the easy way out . |
| 10 | ‘ Taking the easy way out again , Robyn ? ’ he sneered , making her jump violently after the empty silence . |
| 11 | This was certainly brought home to me when , by taking the long way round Australia this year , i.e. buying a round the world ticket to the Australian Open , rather than a straight forward London–Melbourne return , with a stop-off in Sydney for the New South Wales Open , I saved The Daily Telegraph , which is naturally as cost conscious as any other company in these difficult financial times , a considerable amount of money . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's taking the long way back , ’ she would say , ‘ the sun 's still warm … she 's enjoying herself … she 's forgotten the time … . ’ |
| 13 | On fine days , he took the long way round by Jubilee Wharf . |
| 14 | She took the long way home , and walked slowly . |
| 15 | Shiona took the long way back to Loch Lomond , via Perth and Comrie and Loch Earn , stopping for a meal at a wayside hotel , then heading south via Glen Dochart just after nine o'clock . |
| 16 | We took the long way , on the way back to the bus stop |
| 17 | Most of us took the easy way out and accepted a helicopter ride back to Kleine Scheidegg , but Drummond and eight others stayed on top for an all-night vigil . |
| 18 | I took the easy way out . |
| 19 | I reckon he just took the easy way out . ’ |
| 20 | The first Gothic writers took the easy way . |
| 21 | ‘ He took the only way out he thought was best . ’ |
| 22 | The consequent growing delays and a series of scandals put such pressure on the government that the prime minister , Margaret Thatcher , took the radical way out . |
| 23 | If we took the Labour way , it would be fairer , and I can quickly give some reasons . |
| 24 | Then Sir Beaumains … rode all that ever he might ride through marshes and fields and great dales , that many times he plunged over the head in deep mires , for he knew not the way , but took the gainest way in that woodness … |
| 25 | Iago dug his heels into his fat pony 's ribs , and took the shortest way down into the Dee valley , riding hard for Shrewsbury . |
| 26 | ‘ Bored with my company already ? ’ — which not surprisingly Stuart took the wrong way . |
| 27 | ‘ Jenner took the easiest way he could . |
| 28 | At one gig in Cork they were so skint they could n't afford to buy beer , and instead took the crusty way out and raided the local mixture . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I 've never taken the easy way out , I 'll have you know . |