Example sentences of "[adv prt] in [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | My parents were the type of parents who always seemed faintly disappointed by whatever it was you did , as if you were constantly letting them down in small ways . |
| 2 | Straw : Some is already converted as farmyard manure ; and attempts have been made to break it down in other ways to make a compost base . |
| 3 | The disappointment Haslam inevitably felt at being let down in this way led to a second turning point in his career and one of those ‘ negative accidents ’ that ultimately proved to have a positive outcome . |
| 4 | Organic molecules broken down in this way release virtually as much energy as they are capable of releasing — so such ‘ oxidative ’ breakdown is extremely efficient . |
| 5 | ‘ We are horrified that such an innocent young lad as our son Craig could be cut down in this way when he was doing humanitarian work , ’ he said . |
| 6 | He seemed surprised as if it had not occurred to him that literature might let him down in this way . |
| 7 | But how often are modules turned down in this way ? |
| 8 | Married women were more likely than single mothers to be let down in this way , and such women were particularly likely to develop depression . |
| 9 | Originally , before universal printing standardised the written language , the educated people in different parts of the country wrote words down in different ways , so that a monk in Whitby might spell as book what one in Ely would spell buk because of local accents . |
| 10 | It was a foursome in Pepe 's on Saturday , and Shelley let her hair down in more ways than one , dancing vigorously with the hunky Carlos , while Rosie and her good-looking little Francisco sat in the shadows , their heads close together . |
| 11 | He heard her sigh deeply , the way she always did when he let her down in some way . |
| 12 | This clamps down in three ways . |
| 13 | She hoped she had n't let him down in any way . |
| 14 | I had to say something humorous without being a smart-ass or putting her down in any way . |
| 15 | In other words , watching the film persuaded me that despite the intricacy of the life-producing process , it is not wrong to think of helping it along in certain ways . |
| 16 | The social dimensions of knowledge can come through in various ways . |
| 17 | That shows through in many ways . |
| 18 | thing through in this way and are ready to speak of being convinced of it is to see whether we can express it . |
| 19 | Warlow pointed out , quite correctly , that this is not the sort of inversion we should be looking at : if the Earth flipped over in this way the Sun would still rise in the east , whereas there are legends that , before the ( undescribed ) catastrophe , the Sun rose in the west , and that it is only since that catastrophe that the Sun has risen in the east . |
| 20 | It was surely only people of diminished responsibility who found their lives being taken over in this way . |
| 21 | Different sections can be masked off in various ways ( for example , by a black card or a partial image painted on glass , partly left clear ) and exposed separately — either to give a composite that looks like a single image , or to show multiple images at once . |
| 22 | OK , the salaries might not be much to write home about , but successful indie films can pay off in other ways . |
| 23 | We 've tried to love both dogs equally , and simply separate them for a cooling-off period after a fight , rather than telling them off in any way . |
| 24 | In spite of what one reads and hears , we can take that as being a pretty definitive er word on , on the fact that we 're not being conned or ripped off in any way at all . |
| 25 | A harem owner may have several sets of daughters creamed off in this way . |
| 26 | Knitters who have not practised the partial shaping may be casting off one stitch at a time as they were first taught to do or casting off in this way to retain a firm shoulder seam . |
| 27 | Group leaders can easily be bought off in some way , and once co-opted can usually deliver a quiescent membership in support of the status quo . |
| 28 | Apparently the movie has to be officially called off in some way and that takes time . |
| 29 | I 've , I 've I 've often thought I would never vote Tory but , I mean , I 've been better off in some ways in that I was able to buy my council house . |
| 30 | A new head teacher has made much difference in the last two years and the school is beginning to pick up in many ways . |