Example sentences of "[det] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , those unfamiliar with the original Dutch version ( which is most people ) may find this a satisfying way to while away an evening . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , those unfamiliar with the original Dutch version ( which is most people ) may find this a satisfying way to while away an evening . |
| 3 | I thought this a viable way to use the Woodcarver , with its circular cutting motion giving a good effect for the hanging , clinging jungle . |
| 4 | Is this a new way of selling insurance ? ’ |
| 5 | Is this a good way of thinking about the problem' ? |
| 6 | Frequent Bolovian references ( drawings , some rhymes , and much Bolovian dogma ) show that in the period 1927–30 Eliot found this a valuable way of letting off some of the emotional steam generated by his conversion ; serious discussions of theology are juxtaposed in this correspondence with ridiculous accounts of Bolovian religious practice , one letter dated according to the day of St Cecilia , another according to that of St Gumbolumbo . |
| 7 | Is it just me , or is this a weird way to carry on ? |
| 8 | ‘ I like taking the children to the playground — it 's such a good way for them to wear themselves out , particularly Nicola , who 's a real bundle of energy ! |
| 9 | But when you start to think about it in terms of erm sort of psychological explanation as you 're becoming used to , then it becomes perhaps not such a good way of thinking about perception Matlin 's got some very examples in it of this of those sorts of things By and large were concerned with people 's experience , self-reported experience quite often , of the phenomena saying well tell me what you see when you look at it rather than being based on the sort of lovely stuff that we love , good solid empirical data , yeah ? |
| 10 | However , when Franca found herself so suddenly , for two days and in such a new way , alone in the house , her vast restless self-awareness , her life energy , set her off in a fresh direction . |
| 11 | Perhaps then you 'll think more seriously before you play with someone 's emotions in such a heartless way . |
| 12 | You dropped me , remember , and in such a cruel way . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh Marius , at last I can tell you how dreadfully sorry I am about poor Sabine dying , and in such a cruel way . |
| 14 | Workers at the shelter say they 're disgusted that anyone would abandon the pupies in such a cruel way . |
| 15 | It is as if each writer had taken the memory of some powerful event ( the terrible shock of being woken by a piercing noise ; discovering the ‘ magical ’ properties of magnets ) and daydreamed in such a concentrated way about it that a group of people , a situation , a story began to emerge . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's ever such a long way off , ’ said Dot . |
| 17 | Having come such a long way it is a pity that the story ends in 1900 , without discussing the alleged takeover of chemistry by modern physics . |
| 18 | But he said : ‘ We 're not getting carried away — there 's still such a long way to go . ’ |
| 19 | The remarkable thing is that with such thin material and from such a long way back , he came through so quickly . |
| 20 | And after that she seemed happy the rest of the way , saying how lovely it had been to see them even for such a short time and how she 'd come down again when she could , but it was such a long way and the trains were so crowded with soldiers and she had had to take two whole days off from the ambulance station . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's such a long way away , sir ! ’ |
| 22 | I was certainly the ideal subject for his little tricks of ringing the door bell and running away , because I dared not ignore the summons in case it might be a client , and also the consulting and operating rooms were such a long way from the front of the house . |
| 23 | ‘ Such a long way . |
| 24 | You are wicked , going such a long way all alone ! |
| 25 | While you are contracted for a West End show , it is very irresponsible to go such a long way . |
| 26 | And since it was such a long way from goal there was no no advantage in going down was there ? |
| 27 | ‘ Oh dear , ’ said Fenella , ‘ and we 've come such a long way . ’ |
| 28 | It 's such a long way you know |
| 29 | Yes I know , but it 's such a long way to get up there ! is n't it ? |
| 30 | He had no idea why he was behaving in such a flighty way . |