Example sentences of "in [pron] [adj] way [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In their own way they were the spiritual precursors of Mrs Thatcher 's ‘ Star Chamber ’ . |
| 2 | While the Danzig Poles were not keen for the city to come under Polish rule , they were nevertheless determined that they should not be penalised for being Polish , and in their own way they were proud of their identity — even if it did not quite amount to ‘ nationality ’ in a conventional sense . |
| 3 | And erm in her particular way she was quite a good cook too . |
| 4 | It was exactly as I had always imagined the Dark Ages to be , and in its terrible way it was apt . |
| 5 | In his own way he is something of an expert on the private lives of actresses . |
| 6 | Roberts suggests that in his own way he 's as obsessed as the people he 's observing . |
| 7 | She realised that in his own way he was being considerate , for by refusing to talk she was laying herself open to torture . |
| 8 | In his own way he was as dangerous as Marcus — had n't he already trapped her into staying with him longer than she deemed either necessary or wise ? |
| 9 | Archie may not have been fastidious , but in his own way he was cultivated . |