Example sentences of "take the easy [noun sg] [adv prt] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Taking the easy way out again , Robyn ? ’ he sneered , making her jump violently after the empty silence . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I took the easy way out . |
| 10 | I reckon he just took the easy way out . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I 've never taken the easy way out , I 'll have you know . |
| 13 | It sounded as if her plans had changed at the last minute and , embarrassed by all the trouble Andrew had gone to on her behalf , she had taken the easy way out by returning the keys without a message . |
| 14 | But these days , if it looks as if it 's going to be nasty , I take the easy way out . |
| 15 | ‘ They always take the easy way out . ’ |
| 16 | She thought , child of an experimental scientist that she was , that she would make the test for herself and not take the easy way out of asking those experts in all matters Anglican , Theodora and Ian . |
| 17 | Not surprisingly they take the easy way out when food is put out for them each day . |
| 18 | ‘ So we now take the easy way out by using gas which we carry with us . ’ |
| 19 | There is an ever-present temptation to take the easy way out and concentrate on items that are ‘ sexy ’ even though they may be irrelevant or misleading . |
| 20 | The temptation to take the easy way out was well-nigh irresistible with youngsters who had failed to make their way ( probably through no fault of their own ) and who showed their resentment . |
| 21 | But there 's something in even the very best of us which would really prefer to take the easy way out , if that 's at all possible . |
| 22 | He offered the pack to Bellamy , who accepted one , and conspicuously failed to give me the chance to take the easy way out by tarring the inside of my lungs until I choked . |