Example sentences of "of [pos pn] way [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have gone out of their way to take the pressure off me . ’ |
| 2 | The authors of Greenpeace 's official history , The Greenpeace Story , go out of their way to refute the slur in their introduction : |
| 3 | The Party has gone out of its way to foster the image of the Armed Forces as guardian of the motherland , school of patriotism and the expression of those qualities that the Party seeks to promote in homo Sovieticus . |
| 4 | Perhaps Bruce Kent 's critics should take a leaf out of the book of the nuclear lobby , which goes out of its way to substantiate the case for nuclear power for civil purposes . |
| 5 | But Carter went out of his way to underwrite the Shah himself as well . |
| 6 | Bill Clinton has gone out of his way to stress the so-called special relationship will not be imperilled while he is in the Oval Office . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Syl went out of his way to preserve a semblance of youthfulness , wearing his clothes untidily and even eating in a haphazard fashion as though he was n't quite old enough to have learned proper manners . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | MacLane's– driver swerved out of his way to get the last crawling quintuplet . |
| 11 | Luke therefore goes out of his way to excuse the actions of Pilate : |
| 12 | In the House of Commons , Douglas Hurd went out of his way to exculpate the ‘ other governments ’ ( Syria and Iran ) which his colleague Paul Channon had denounced in March 1989 . |
| 13 | He added : ‘ Bryan seemed to be going out of his way to play a father 's role with the children . |
| 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 | He collected the full list of the contents of the dead boy 's pockets , and one unexpected item in the collection sent him out of his way to pay a visit to ‘ The Salmon 's Return ’ before he finally reached Paviour 's house . |
| 16 | The Llangurig line is a classic in this respect ; much of the damage is due to nature and man has not gone out of his way to remove a monument of the past . |
| 17 | Our evening was made by the presence of a very jolly guard , Mr Howard Morgan , who went out of his way to make the trip a pleasant one and moreover told us much of interest about the line . |
| 18 | ‘ You do n't go out of your way to make a series , ’ said Peter Rogers , who produced the entire batch . |
| 19 | ‘ Without sounding conceited , I think it 's because we go out of our way to offer a very good service . |