Example sentences of "it in a [adj] way [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | To return to Griffith 's experiments , Griffith was not the first man to draw strong glass fibres but he was probably the first man to do it in a systematic way and to provide a plausible explanation of the results . |
2 | and I need to ensure that this experience erm well I I need to make sure that I will be evaluating it in a similar way as I went along . |
3 | I would do it in a nice way and then he might remember me and ask me out later . ’ |
4 | ‘ We can but of course it wo n't be as easy for us to get away once Maggie is gone , ’ she said it in a pleasant way that sometimes humoured him and sometimes could put his teeth on edge . |
5 | So we 're showing it in a peaceful way because in the end of course we can destroy by the ballot and not the bullet . |
6 | I know when Carl was , was doing it in a modest way and he , he 'd seen this on , and he said it 's impossible that the way they do it ! |
7 | They 're talking about going with us certainly , but they 're doing it in a positive way because they see what the future is . |
8 | And I did n't go about it in a bombastic way or anything like that , I just gave them their orders you see , the two shunters . |