Example sentences of "ways [pers pn] [modal v] " 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 | She also asked Pamela to try again during the next week to draw up a list of ways she would like her parents to change . |
| 19 | For the hour before getting ready she was reminded in ways she would be able to understand in terms of time . |
| 20 | She was then able to suggest ways she might improve this relationship . |
| 21 | There 's dozens of ways she could have known . ’ |
| 22 | As we 'll see another if this was a black book of Freud 's , and in some ways you would say this was one of the blackest . |
| 23 | Indeed in many ways you may well find yourself treated as part of the family . |
| 24 | That 's why I 've taken the liberty of preparing and enclosing a suggested Personal Itinerary , which incorporates an abundance of ways you might enjoy your stay with us … |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm sure there are lots of ways you 'll be able to help them enjoy their holiday , ’ said Mummy . |
| 26 | ‘ He never hides and in a lot of ways you could liken him to John McGovern . |
| 27 | But do n't forget to start thinking about ways you could expand , where you would n't be competing directly with other outlets like that department store . ’ |
| 28 | Er you remember earlier this evening I said there was two ways you could help me |
| 29 | there are two , there are two ways you could look at it , either , either you could say , you could say yes or , in , in one sentence if you have any barrs on membership at all you are preventing competition , but that would be er a highly unreal statement to make , erm , and what you 're , what you 're saying is that if you look at it that way , the prevention restriction or distortion of competition must be some er malign or bad prevention restriction or distortion and er there 's nothing bad about having objective criteria which would indeed erm prevent erm these people from competing cos they ca n't get into this , into the sugar market , er it will prevent them from competing in the sugar market , but that 's not the sort of prevention article eighty five is talking about . |
| 30 | Yeah and there are all sorts of ways you could . |