Example sentences of "way i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm afraid I ca n't subscribe to the theory that man should always be ‘ bloody , bold and resolute ’ ; but rather , I confess , that it 's very comforting to lean on you sometimes … more especially as I 've a funny instinct that if I follow your ways I ca n't go wrong , whereas my own existence is apt to be hardening , as you can see that it must be . |
| 2 | It 's altered me in ways I ca n't even describe . ’ |
| 3 | In many ways I would prefer to live in one place , but taking old and derelict houses and making them relive again is a source of enjoyment to me . |
| 4 | ‘ If it were n't for your penny-pinching ways I would n't be so eager to spend my time in London . |
| 5 | In some ways I might as well have been in the Outer Hebrides , Now everyone 's got a car it 's difficult to explain how isolated somewhere like Kensal Green used to be in those days . |
| 6 | Er — and there are two ways I might do it , right ? ’ |
| 7 | I know this may not be popular … in some ways I 'd prefer to drop Strachan … but he keep defying age & playing brilliant ! ! |
| 8 | ‘ You did once say I was old-fashioned and I suppose in some ways I must be . |
| 9 | In many ways I should like to do the same , for there are wonderful stories to be told , and I love storytelling . |
| 10 | There were ways I could straddle the machine , but this just seemed ludicrous . |
| 11 | We could see the sights , have some fun , and maybe I could think of some ways I could help you . ’ |
| 12 | The bills were n't sequentially numbered or marked in any of the large variety of ways I could imagine . |
| 13 | There were other ways I could have planted the radio-mike . |
| 14 | But all the taxi money adds up and if I had to take taxis both ways I could n't afford it . ’ |
| 15 | But at the moment it 's also one of the only ways I can steer the bike , especially in faster corners . |
| 16 | I was actually looking at you before I came in , but just come out here for a second There are two ways I can hurt you . |
| 17 | Mr Wilkie , who worked in the Royal Army Educational Corps for 17 years , said : ‘ In some ways I can understand what Grampian Enterprise is doing because these days everything seems to be down to numbers . |
| 18 | There 's no way I ca n't see them getting out of trouble . ’ |
| 19 | He so often seems young in a way I ca n't explain . |
| 20 | He seemed — in a way I ca n't really explain — to be protective towards me and also ashamed of me , for the sake of my mother perhaps . |
| 21 | That chilled me in a way I ca n't properly describe . |
| 22 | I would prefer , actually I 'll make it three because I can swim , no I ca n't swim , damn , either way I ca n't bloody swim . |
| 23 | I want to look dark and menacing ; the way I ought to look , the way I should look , the way I might have looked if I had n't had my little accident . |
| 24 | PEG : The way I might have cared for you … . |
| 25 | That way I might be able to ensure you 'll have a job at the end of it all . ’ |
| 26 | I want to look dark and menacing ; the way I ought to look , the way I should look , the way I might have looked if I had n't had my little accident . |
| 27 | That way I 'll know I have n't put on any weight . |
| 28 | Even so there is no way I 'll take a gamble . |
| 29 | But in a way I 'll be glad when he 's married ; he 'll have someone really of his own then . ’ |
| 30 | McMillan said : ‘ There 's no way I 'll take the smaller share . |