Example sentences of "[pos pn] way to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They certainly will not go out of their way to be critical — and if they do they are not worth knowing in the first place ! |
| 2 | A physiotherapist recalled : ‘ They were n't obstructive , but they did n't go out of their way to be helpful either . ’ |
| 3 | Even if there is a special sense in which cows are ‘ friends ’ of grasses , natural selection does not favour individual grass plants that go out of their way to be eaten by cows ! |
| 4 | All Banks are now going out of their way to be as professional as possible and as customer friendly as that professionalism will allow . |
| 5 | A short film called Galaxy Sweetheart , starring a synthesised Marilyn Monroe , demonstrates that the theory is well on its way to being proved . |
| 6 | Mike Curb , who has built up one of the most successful privately-owned record companies and recently moved his head office to Nashville from Los Angeles , thinks country is well on its way to being a big part of mainstream pop — making a nonsense of the current radio-station categories that still set country apart . |
| 7 | The carpet was in two pieces that did n't match and the cooker was a tabletop model , non-functional except for the hotplate , rescued by Ted from an old Dolphin 20 on its way to being broken up . |
| 8 | Our view of the pig/human relationship is that the farther out of sight the living pig is , the better — as though the actual animal is an embarrassing stage that pigfeed has to go through on its way to being packaged bacon . |
| 9 | For the moment , however , it looked as if the matter was on its way to being resolved . |
| 10 | There were pictures in one of Gloria 's magazines of the decorated carriage Pulled by plumed horses that Her Majesty had travelled in before she became Her Majesty the Queen , when she was still just a Lady , on her way to be married . |
| 11 | … She went out of her way to be unpleasant to people . |
| 12 | Mrs. Mott went out of her way to be courteous to Sara as though sorry for the initial error she had made . |
| 13 | He is selfcentred and ambitious , on his way to being a cosmetic surgeon , but love and white picket fences conspire to change his low-down ways . |
| 14 | He was eligible too , and well on his way to being rich . |
| 15 | I knew he could withdraw , but he went out of his way to be rude . |
| 16 | Indeed , it seemed to her that he now went out of his way to be pleasant and , on her part , she was ‘ no longer afraid of him ’ . |
| 17 | Last week , by coincidence , the Labour leader a man , it is widely believed went out of his way to be pictured with a particular group of parliamentary candidates . |
| 18 | ‘ Are you happy or can you see your way to being happy ? ’ |