Example sentences of "it [be] [prep] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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1 | And how did you actually , I mean , did you do all this er er er , as it were in an amateur way or did you do through any kind of profe , wi with the help of doctors or |
2 | It 's in a bad way . |
3 | It 's in a bad way , Folly . |
4 | ‘ It 's not dead yet , but it 's in a bad way . |
5 | The little double planet Pluto has such a weird orbit that , even though almost all of the time it is by a long way the furthest known planet from the Sun , occasionally ( as at the time of writing ) it is closer to the Sun than is Neptune . |
6 | It is in a similar way that the existence of God is revealed to us . |
7 | Another major event which has affected the British economy is the decline of the British Empire and Commonwealth , linked as it was in a major way to the two world wars of this century . |