Example sentences of "[that] in [adj] way [pers pn] was " in BNC.
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1 | The West , the Atlantic world , may have been firing rockets to the moon and fighting a war in Indochina , but the benefit of hindsight indicates now that in other ways it was gripped by a blinkered and introspective mood , absorbed by its own internal problems . |
2 | Although the amount NoS had to raise at this point was small compared with what was to come later , those involved say that in many ways it was harder work . |
3 | Although Valiant was of identical design to Vigilant with the same dimensions and general layout , we soon found out that in many ways she was a different ship . |
4 | She could not guess why or how , but she knew that in some way he was out to drive a wedge between herself and John . |
5 | She knew he was being evasive and sensed that in some way he was trying to protect her . |
6 | I thought that in some way I was n't pleasing you . |
7 | Earlier today the Secretary of State chided me and said that in some way I was an advocate of his system because I used the example of refuse collection and its cost to show that his system was simple and that we were in agreement on it . |