Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [pron] in [det] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The question seemed to amuse him in some way . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was as if he wanted to destroy her in some way . |
| 5 | In the Sixties , women had that kind of confidence and wanted to express themselves in that way . |
| 6 | He wanted to use me in some way . |
| 7 | Apart from anything else , she wanted to recompense him in some way , although she doubted he would accept a reward . |