Example sentences of "way he [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I find it hard to believe , because first of all you have to understand the word ‘ intelligent ’ in the way he meant it and I 'm not sure that I know what he meant ; and there are any number of ways of being intelligent . |
| 2 | Not that I cared much for the way he kept them . |
| 3 | There is no way I had anything going with poor Billy and no way he knew I 'd be in that house . ’ |
| 4 | Once in the bed , they fell on each other , doing it sideways , Harold bending over to get her nipples teased between his teeth , while he placed a middle finger over her anus in the way he knew she enjoyed . |
| 5 | The way he saw it , the players never wanted Yeugh and were majorly responsible . |
| 6 | ‘ He did have some really good stories , ’ said Ann , ‘ and the way he told them — well , he was fun , and we both liked him . |
| 7 | The way he told it , you were a hell of a man . ’ |
| 8 | The way he told it , it took maybe five minutes . |
| 9 | Maybe something about the way he told it , as if he believed it … maybe the disappearances … or the storm … ’ |
| 10 | Jean-Claude 's use of the word — the way he spat it out as if dirt clung to it — was a blasphemy that made me feel sick . |
| 11 | And this way he gets him a good life . |
| 12 | The way he expressed it , quaint to us today , nevertheless neatly points up the dilemma : If one government has a right to require that children be religiously educated , so has another , so have all ( whether … in Constantinople Islamism , or Pekin Confucionism … ) . |
| 13 | Never feed the puppy before the family — this way he understands he is last in the pecking order . |
| 14 | I could tell what he was thinking from the way he questioned me . |
| 15 | She had always resented Luke , and feared the way he made her feel — because she must have sensed from the beginning the power he could and did have over her ; because he had deprived her of himself when he had had her dismissed from that very first job back in South Africa ; because something had led him to misjudge and despise her , and he was unable to see the truth ; because she had always known that he could break her heart … |
| 16 | If he loves Silvia the way he says he does , he 'll want her to study , not skive off and waste time ! ’ |
| 17 | It was early yet , just after ten o'clock , and , in spite of the way he ruffled her sometimes , she 'd been quite enjoying their quiet little chat . |
| 18 | ‘ I still feel somewhat gobsmacked by the way he appointed me . |
| 19 | such as , you know the way he plays it . |
| 20 | He was so attentive , and so polite , and we loved the way he addressed them as ‘ Sir ’ and ‘ Ma'am ’ . |
| 21 | Yes , I think that everybody recognizes that you should use the medicine that the doctor prescribes in the way he prescribes it and when you 've finished the treatment you should put it down the lavatory or get rid of it in some other safe way , but not keep it so that you can try it yourself again a bit later on and perhaps get confused and when you 've got boils on your neck take something which was meant for ingrowing toe nails or something like that . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't know anything about the Bamford Hunt , ’ Meredith said , suddenly finding him unattractive and pushy , his manner hectoring , and disliking both the way he assumed she would agree with him and the arrogance he displayed in failing to give any reason why she should do as he asked . |
| 23 | Leith shook hands with him , but cared not at all for the way he ogled her the whole time . |
| 24 | And it did n't much matter because , the way he had it planned , she was n't going to be in any position to try anything . |
| 25 | I only died a small death at his words and the way he said them . |
| 26 | The words sounded like a phrase of love , the way he said them . |
| 27 | The novelty was in the clean and smiling way he said them , blowing out gray smoke rings at the same time . |
| 28 | He was an Australian and it sounded nasty the way he said it . |
| 29 | The way he said it made Sally feel like a parcel for delivery . |
| 30 | I do n't like being called sir , and the way he said it made my flesh grue . |