Example sentences of "a [adj] way [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a limited way we can understand this , because for all of us certain dates stand out with striking significance . |
| 2 | In a similar way we can use the die figures for the early imperial bronze coinages minted at Corinth to calculate that the total value coined over a century was only about half a million denarii , or less than 5000 per year . |
| 3 | In a similar way we can mock an accent or dialect , projecting a stereotyped figure more in the manner that stage actors do than in the manner that mere quotation provides … |
| 4 | In a similar way he might have been surprised by the figure he cut in prose or come to that in life . |
| 5 | In a curious way he would miss Tibbles . |
| 6 | In a curious way you can understand what is being said only by letting your mind slip into the same fuzzy state Shepherd 's must have been in when he spoke . |
| 7 | ‘ Even if we celebrated in a small way we would have attracted tourists from all over the world . |
| 8 | I hypothesise that if I move and turn the lamp in a particular way I will get the result I want . |
| 9 | If you could only stretch or you know turn your head a certain way it would run out . |
| 10 | He says that they mounted an undercover operation to get to the horse — it 's in such a bad way it may have to be put down . |
| 11 | Basically , I come to praise the positive steps taken by Health Ministers over the past five years , although in a minor way I will ask for reconsideration of a wrong done to a medical practice in my constituency . |