Example sentences of "[vb past] the [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | They agreed the best way to help was in a manner which was visible to the population of Russia . |
| 2 | TIPSY cyclist Jeffrey Maidment set off home after a night in the pub — and rode the wrong way down the M27 motorway . |
| 3 | Then it became the only way to work : shut mother out , shut out her demands , her outrages , concentrate , work . |
| 4 | Over the following four years he cultivated the nomadic way of life which , with the exception of the war years , was to be his until he died : he drifted restlessly in southern Europe and North Africa — and when in London was seen at the theatre , the Ballets Russes , the Café Royal , and at the bohemian restaurant , La Tour Eiffel . |
| 5 | Check to see that they are secure and looped the same way on each half of the kite . |
| 6 | You probably wo n't be surprised to learn then , that those past masters of glam-drag dressing-up , Marc Bolan and Adam Ant , are two of Justin 's heroes , whom he says came from ‘ an underground scene but realised the only way to put their music across , to really entertain people , is to get right out there in the main arena . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Politely but comprehensively ’ , recorded the Financial Times , Signor Ornelli Prandini , the Communist President of LEGA dismissed the British way of doing things : ‘ I do n't agree at all . |
| 8 | Cowley reached his car , snatched the two way radio from the hands of his driver and called for Bodie . |
| 9 | And John mentioned the sleazy way that this Tory government goes about things . |
| 10 | The canoe of Edwards and Mangnall — 200 miles to the west of the Commander — found the only way to escape the playful attentions of porpoises was to stop paddling . |
| 11 | When he headed back into the heart of the crowd she headed the other way , hailed a taxi and went in search of a plane . |
| 12 | There was some feeling among his staff that AEAs corporate strategy of ‘ All sticking together ’ had been undermined by the latest announcement but he believed the best way forward was in maintaining standards of service and keeping customers . |
| 13 | Now Dr Winfield — and I have ratified this — made 127 sorties ; he could not have enjoyed his period at the Institute very much because he never seemed to he there , But he would come on a station with some project he wanted to fully research and he believed the only way to fully research these things was to " try them out on the dog " . |
| 14 | A few of the larger villas were occupied by Roman officials and others by native British landowners who adopted the Roman way of life . |
| 15 | It is about four miles to the Port of Ness from Cross and I think I tiptoed the whole way . |
| 16 | I drove the long way round , debating what to say and do . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ The boy drove the whole way to Dublin on his half day to bring you home and then drove straight back and said you had to see another doctor . |
| 18 | The man got back in his car and drove the wrong way along the street . |
| 19 | At one point he drove the wrong way through a contra-flow system . |
| 20 | A FORESTER drove the wrong way along a dual carriageway to escape police after hitting another car , Thirsk magistrates heard yesterday . |
| 21 | A FORESTER drove the wrong way along a dual carriageway to escape police after hitting another car , Thirsk magistrates heard yesterday . |
| 22 | A FORESTER drove the wrong way along a dual carriageway to escape police after hitting another car , Thirsk magistrates heard yesterday . |
| 23 | A FORESTER drove the wrong way along a dual carriageway to escape police after hitting another car , Thirsk magistrates heard yesterday . |
| 24 | A FORESTER drove the wrong way along a dual carriageway to escape police after hitting another car , Thirsk magistrates heard yesterday . |
| 25 | A FORESTER drove the wrong way along a dual carriageway to escape police after hitting another car , Thirsk magistrates heard yesterday . |
| 26 | A FORESTER drove the wrong way along a dual carriageway to escape police after hitting another car , Thirsk magistrates heard yesterday . |
| 27 | A FORESTER drove the wrong way along a dual carriageway to escape police after hitting another car , Thirsk magistrates heard yesterday . |
| 28 | A FORESTER drove the wrong way along a dual carriageway to escape police after hitting another car , Thirsk magistrates heard yesterday . |
| 29 | The offence was grievous and innocent , I drove the wrong way round a roundabout , which sounds appalling but there was not a single other car in sight to , in a sense to steer by so to speak , erm but there was one policeman , and he stopped me , and he fined me , and I had to search for my purse , which I had well hidden , this being Italy , erm underneath all the bedding and the tents and the cooking pots , found it in due course , presented him very shakily with these thousand lire or whatever it was he wanted , and , and this is really the point , drove off very shakily too . |
| 30 | Victory over Dublin in a pulsating All Ireland semi-final came the hard way , a brilliant lion-hearted second half comeback after trailing by five points at half-time . |