Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] in [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to help them in other ways , too . |
| 2 | Sometimes at least they seem to have reported to Stockholm independently of the chief under whom they served ; and in the later years of the eighteenth century Gustavus III sometimes tried to use them in this way as agents of a secret personal diplomacy . |
| 3 | My legacy to my children would be not to try to influence them in any way as to what they should study . |
| 4 | Was there an intention to try to blackmail her in some way as well as Derek ? |
| 5 | Scaevola refuses to interpret it in this way . |
| 6 | Once the Chairman has signed the minutes no one is empowered to alter them in any way . |
| 7 | The question seemed to amuse him in some way . |
| 8 | Now I do n't want to embarrass them in any way . |
| 9 | ‘ She 's going to harm me in some way , Leo . |
| 10 | But the fact that it is protected by unwritten convention rather than by a legal constitution means that there is no external brake upon Parliament or the courts moving to restrict it in particular ways , as the mood of the times takes them . |
| 11 | In my own department , I should say that , although some members still believe that literature is best studied in isolation , looking simply at ‘ the words on the page ’ , most of us now like to contextualise it in some way , often historically , and are inclined to ask students to read some texts which are not ‘ literature ’ in the conventional sense . |
| 12 | Since h(n) is not known during the search we can try to estimate it in some way . |
| 13 | Mary-Rose Caden , a smoker and teachers ' representative on Lothian education committee , forecast it may be impracticable : ‘ If it 's a complete ban , then they 'll have to police it in some way . |
| 14 | Neither of them seems to find it in any way remarkable . |
| 15 | But try to implicate me in any way — or use me as a trade-off- and it 'll be added to the police clear-up rate faster than the eye can follow . |
| 16 | It is quite reasonable for someone to draw on specific groups and try to understand particular pieces of action , to use a wider theoretical framework in which to place these actions and try to understand them in this way . |
| 17 | I may have been being a bit selfish , but I could n't bear to lose him in that way , and he seemed to be making such an effort himself , not ever putting weight on that leg and eating as much as he could . |
| 18 | We felt that Navan Resources should have made earlier contact with us to let us know that there was gold here , before we had to hear it in that way , ’ Mary Catherine Heanue said . |
| 19 | Garfinkel 's interest is not in whether they are right or wrong in perceiving it in this way , but rather in how they come to perceive it in this way , and what effect this perception has on their actions . |
| 20 | And the immune system normally functions to protect us in this way , and is regulated in such a manner that it does not attack bits of oneself , but only legitimate foreign targets , and thereby is our ally . |
| 21 | Perhaps there were good reasons for trying to outwit him in this way ? |
| 22 | He was determined to torment her in any way he could . |
| 23 | And the need for audience contact I found particularly important because if you get feedback from the audience looking them in the eye involving them then you 're able to know how your talk is progressing and whether you need to modify it in any way to be able to maintain the audience 's interest . |
| 24 | It was as if he wanted to destroy her in some way . |
| 25 | He wanted to use me in some way . |
| 26 | If a horse is being naughty then you have to punish him in some way — but do n't punish him if he does n't understand or is physically incapable of doing what you 've asked . ’ |
| 27 | Apart from anything else , she wanted to recompense him in some way , although she doubted he would accept a reward . |