Example sentences of "go out of his way " in BNC.
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| 1 | He added : ‘ Bryan seemed to be going out of his way to play a father 's role with the children . |
| 2 | Fortunately , Collins was remembered with much affection , which , according to the old shipwright , was the only reason why the Keraing was going out of his way to help us . |
| 3 | but I do , if a man , a bloke 's going out of his way |
| 4 | This Bel-Shamharoth seemed prepared to go out of his way to help stranded travellers . |
| 5 | Then he remembered , he had to go out of his way to go to her flat . |
| 6 | YOUNG Colin Fraser usually has to go out of his way to see his favourite children 's programme . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Luke therefore goes out of his way to excuse the actions of Pilate : |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He goes out of his way to help his customers , his suppliers , his employees , his colleagues and his acquaintances . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The Profitboss goes out of his way to preserve " face " . |
| 16 | Whatever the occasion , whether it be over coffee or in a contentious meeting , the Profitboss goes out of his way to assist his colleagues . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He could have complained to the top about my basic lack of professionalism but instead he went out of his way to try and help — and sometimes got pretty short shrift in return . |
| 23 | Aware of the concern felt by many in his audience of European parliamentarians about the potential power of a united Germany , Mr Shevardnadze went out of his way to express agreement with President Franois Mitterrand that ‘ no European country can act without due regard for the European balance , without taking into account the interests of others and the existing historical situation that resulted from the second world war ’ . |
| 24 | He went out of his way to spend time with unpopular , even hated people — like Zacchaeus . |
| 25 | In his speech he went out of his way to welcome the establishment of the Faculty , and the part it would play in encouraging and enhancing proficiency and knowledge of tax not only within the profession , but in business , industry and commerce , and among the general public the profession serves . |
| 26 | He was ‘ self-confident , firm in his views , ’ and went out of his way to take charge of patients ' care , said counsel . |
| 27 | Furthermore , it remains something of a puzzle that , when this movement did flourish during the 1920s and 1930s , Pound went out of his way to distance himself from it . |
| 28 | On the contrary , he went out of his way to encourage his three eldest boys , the ‘ broth ’ as he called them , in their bullying . |
| 29 | But he believed that MacDonald had made some soundings in a coalition direction , and in a speech at Hull on 19 July he went out of his way to reject ‘ the idea that a national government such as existed during the war should be set up in the present difficulties ’ . |
| 30 | When Hugh Laval cancelled an airline reservation from Boston , the guy at the other end of the telephone went out of his way to identify Hugh 's new travel plans . |