Example sentences of "way [pron] [verb] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | any way I 've looked at them |
| 2 | I dream of Strathspeld , and the long summers of my childhood passed in a trance of lazy pleasure , ending with that day , running through the woods ( but I turn away from that memory , the way I 've learned to over the years ) ; I wander again through the woods and the small , hidden glens , along the shores of the ornamental lochan and the river and its loch and I 'm standing near the old boathouse in that defeatingly bright sunlight , light dancing on water , and I see two figures , naked and thin and white in the grass beyond the reed beds , and as I watch them the light turns from gold to silver and then to white , and the trees seem to shrink in on themselves , leaves disappearing in the chill coruscations of that enveloping white blaze while the view all around me becomes brighter and darker at once and all is reduced to black and white ; trees are bare and black , the ground smother-smoothed in white and the two young figures are gone , while one even smaller one — booted , gloved , coat-tails flying behind — runs laughing across the white level of the frozen loch . |
| 3 | Talking straight to the hard-core men , he said , ‘ I want to apologise as an Englishmen for the way I have lived as a white man . |
| 4 | It 's different to , to the way you 've seen in the past . |
| 5 | ‘ I object to the way you 've dressed like someone from the pages of a Dickensian workhouse and turned up with your belongings in carrier bags as if you 're on your way to the laundromat . ’ |
| 6 | After the way you 've responded to me , you ca n't be telling me you 've never had an affair with anyone ? ’ |
| 7 | If you are scratching in weak lift , you may be able to see which way you have drifted after a few circles . |
| 8 | But on the whole there was a simplicity and directness about the way she had written that had pleased him , and occasional bits of unintended humour that had made him laugh , though the way she had written about her family — her grandmother in particular , had made him think her unobservant . |
| 9 | Nearing the end of my pregnancy , I had a dream , reminding me of all the good times Sarah and I had shared — the love that bonded us , and the way she had cared for me during my life in Canaan . |
| 10 | And she longed to feel him wrap his arms protectively around her again — she wanted to feel safe the way she had done in those brief moments on the terrace the other evening when for one miraculous instant she had believed there was something real between them . |
| 11 | Yet such evidence as there is suggests that his love for his wife had been deepened by the way she had stood by him during his years in prison . |
| 12 | He might be able to force his mind to forget the way she had felt in his arms . |
| 13 | Thereafter she welcomed Paul 's embraces , thrusting herself at him in the way she had ended by doing on their first night . |
| 14 | She remembered her fear for this man 's life , the way she had fled through the castle to warn him , her useless defiance of Matilda 's wrath and the threat hanging over her head if she refused to co-operate with the Empress . |
| 15 | She could not believe the way she had behaved with Felipe , and she did n't blame him at all . |
| 16 | She was deeply ashamed of the way she had behaved with Georg , drink , misery , badly upset hormones , whatever it was she knew that from now on she must keep right away from him , let him get over her , meet someone else , someone interested in farming and cows , and be happy again . |
| 17 | She had been so worried about the mistress , and it was n't just because of the way she had torn into the work this morning , nor because of the bairn growing heavy inside her and making life uncomfortable . |
| 18 | She was fun and easy to be with , natural and down to earth , yet she was sensitive and courageous in the way she had coped with her father 's illness . |
| 19 | She went upstairs to change , thinking how proud Arnold would have been of the way she had coped with the water shortage . |
| 20 | And André was in his element , enjoying the buzzing atmosphere around him the way she had used to at one point in time . |
| 21 | Green , lush , mysterious , it reminded her of her mother , Marguerite , and the tragic way she had died off those deserted shores of Lantau . |
| 22 | But what really astonished her was the way she had responded to him just now in her office . |
| 23 | Secretly , Beth admired Cissie 's strong character , and the way she had come to terms with the tragedies in her life . |
| 24 | He would like to have gone more fully into the subject which was second in interest in his mind to Walter Machin — Viola Machin , and the way she had come by her second husband . |
| 25 | Sophia also reflected with some satisfaction on the way she had spoken about Rupert-'only Rupert Stonebird' , who ‘ did n't seem to matter ’ . |
| 26 | The deep sea-blue eyes were unreadable , yet in a strange way she felt pinned to the spot by them , like a butterfly trapped and doomed to die . |
| 27 | But even as she spoke she found herself wondering about the way she 'd reacted to his kisses ; if anyone should be well armed to protect themselves against the attractions of a man like Dane , she should . |
| 28 | She felt bitterly ashamed of the way she 'd fallen into Rohan 's arms . |
| 29 | And the way she 'd looked at her on the doorstep , and the cup of tea she 'd spilled and blamed on her age . |
| 30 | Do they end up working the way we 've got to bloody work here on this tiny pension or the pension that they 've earned as an MP |