Example sentences of "[vb past] it [be] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say borrow but the cash was never refunded and I expect Dad thought it was a cheap way to get rid of him . |
| 2 | Well , he could understand that , but he still thought it was a wasteful way of keeping the lower ranks occupied , and it did n't square at all with the continual excuses the seneschal and his minions kept making about being under-staffed . |
| 3 | ‘ You thought it was a wonderful way to get money , revenge , ’ he contradicted . |
| 4 | The parents all agreed it was a lovely way of sending the children off . |
| 5 | I said it was a shorthanded way of |
| 6 | She said it was a poetic way of saying you wanted to be left alone . ’ |