Example sentences of "goes out of [pos pn] way [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , sometimes the situation is quite different and the horse goes out of its way to make itself tense and anxious . |
| 2 | Perhaps Bruce Kent 's critics should take a leaf out of the book of the nuclear lobby , which goes out of its way to substantiate the case for nuclear power for civil purposes . |
| 3 | The Profitboss goes out of his way to preserve " face " . |
| 4 | Whenever kids are near he goes out of his way to pick them up and snuggle and kiss them , sometimes more tenderly than one could imagine their parents doing . |
| 5 | And the irony is compounded by the fact that Derrida goes out of his way to resist any kind of adequate treatment in a book like this . |
| 6 | Paul goes out of his way to say a heartfelt ‘ Thank you ’ to the Christian church in Philippi for the way that they had continued to care for him . |
| 7 | In two of the best-known cases — his description of John Biffen as a ‘ semi-detached ’ member of the cabinet and of Francis ( now Lord ) Pym as the depressive wartime radio character Mona Lott — he goes out of his way to explain what went wrong . |
| 8 | These days the king goes out of his way to remind listeners that he is the senior representative of the Hashemites , ‘ the noblest family in Islam ’ and the traditional guardians of Mecca and Medina until they were thrown out by the al-Saud family in 1925 . |
| 9 | The Profitboss goes out of his way to discourage report-writing : to do so he will go out of his way to walk the patch and give ( or obtain ) thirty-second verbal reports . |
| 10 | He has the best training and development programmed Furthermore , he goes out of his way to ensure that his people get the best rewards for their labour . |
| 11 | Whatever the occasion , whether it be over coffee or in a contentious meeting , the Profitboss goes out of his way to assist his colleagues . |
| 12 | For one thing , Callinicos goes out of his way to establish that the intellectual tradition he is concerned to critique is itself most fruitfully read , not as an articulation of a qualitatively new postmodernism , but an instance of a Modernist-type response . |
| 13 | Luke therefore goes out of his way to excuse the actions of Pilate : |
| 14 | He goes out of his way to help his customers , his suppliers , his employees , his colleagues and his acquaintances . |
| 15 | One manufacturer of modern doors and windows in Gloucestershire says he goes out of his way to offer finishes and styles in keeping with older properties and his work helps conservation in another way — his frames do n't use timber from the rainforests . |
| 16 | and I 'll just , I , you know , I do n't need someone like that but the point is that he , if he knows you do n't like him , he goes out of his way to make things difficult for you . |
| 17 | He too is a man who goes out of his way to twist people 's tails in the hope of provoking them when he thinks their inactivity is impermissible . |