Example sentences of "at [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] way " in BNC.

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1	He was looking at me in a desperate way .
2	I asked him after a lecture he gave in Cambridge , and he looked at me in a vague way and said yes , he would .
3	And as we drove away , we had n't travelled down the road very far when my wife looked at me in a certain way … and I knew that she wanted Low Birk Hatt as much as me .
4	But in a book he 's written he 's had a real big pop at me in a sour way .
5	He was looking at me in a puzzled way .
6	He half-levelled the rifle at me in a menacing way .
7	For instance , when people find out that my father ran off with a schoolgirl they invariably look at me in a particular way , which means one of two things , if not both of them .
8	‘ Colds , catarrh and sinusitis , ’ he said , looking at me in a funny way .
9	Look at them in a new way .
10	There is no doubt that some problems can be solved with ease if only we can get to look at them in a different way .
11	He bared his teeth at her in a friendly way .
12	As though humouring her , he put out his arms and held her loosely round the waist , smiling at her in a sympathetic way , as one does to an invalid .
13	He tells himself Potter is not staring at him in a racist way .
14	They glance up at Howard , looking at him in a new way .
15	On the other hand , now he thought about it — that was one of the advantages of taking time out to think things through — there had been occasions when she had looked at him in a special way which made him think that she might not reject him .
16	Maggie looked at him in a bemused way and he smiled to himself , leading her onwards .
17	She smiled down at him in a funny way , stroked his head , touched his cheek with the back of her fingers .
18	If you look at it in a certain way , right , it shows your ignorance , I mean you 're over in England , right , for so long — I mean to say you should know what to chat in front of certain people , right ?

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