Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] some way " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is important is that they should not draw our attention towards them by appearing in some way wrong , inappropriate or misconceived . |
| 2 | It worries me that turning a blind eye to the deliberate starvation of these patients is portrayed as contributing in some way to the high ethical standards of the nursing profession . ’ |
| 3 | If you would be interested in contributing in some way please telephone . |
| 4 | There were racetrack express buses , I found , going from the city to the Downs , so I went on one at about six o'clock and strolled around at ground level looking for some way of conveying to Bill Baudelaire the water samples which were now individually wrapped inside the nondescript plastic carrier . |
| 5 | For the first time she recognized that secretly she had been looking for some way out for herself and Midnight . |
| 6 | As Wilson mentions , she had recently had a harrowing shock , so it is possible that she was hallucinating in some way and that , by chance , her hallucinations corresponded approximately with historical reality . |
| 7 | Unconsciously she reached out and laid her hand on his arm , wanting in some way to offer comfort for a pain that was still hurting despite the passage of time . |
| 8 | A third State is affected by a treaty as a matter of fact when the treaty necessitates it acting in some way in response ( even if its preferred response is to do nothing ) . |
| 9 | I personally would prefer us to be looking at some way of allowing greater scope for debate at section conferences , and where necessary to have decisions on general issues deferred to Congress for ratification or withdrawal . |
| 10 | It is only when your treatment of them is lacking in some way that they are likely to show any degree of aggression . |
| 11 | I mean if obviously the child is reacting in some way or feels that they ca n't even relax when they 're at home , erm then someone 's overstepped the mark . |
| 12 | In other words I wo n't say it 's non-threatening or does n't have any kind of value judgment behind it because I do n't think that can be true and if anybody is monitoring their classroom practice , it 's got to be threatening in some way , almost inevitably . |
| 13 | If the effect is not present , or the unit is clearly malfunctioning in some way , switch off at once and recheck all the wiring . |
| 14 | Right , well I I part of me says , the the there are two aspects , the other side of the coin a little bit , if we talk about recording achievement and not recording failure , we here have an opportunity to point out to youngsters , encourage youngsters in that they are all capable of achieving in some way and to get them to write down that they have achieved , that 's the other side of the coin . |
| 15 | You know , because this , were they slacking in some way , why did n't they get twenty ? |
| 16 | The examining is controlled by an executive which oversees the analysis of the message and determines how it fits the context , probably discarding the surface grammar of the message by parsing in some way , and then establishes the meaning of the utterance . |
| 17 | Yet he had been unable to deny , especially when alcohol had begun to leech the starch from his scholarly brain , that her avid interest in the distant doings of Everett , Morpurgo and the Tyrrell Society was inexplicable , unless it constituted a cause corresponding in some way to the effect of her disappearance . |
| 18 | Then he fell silent , as if he was thinking of some way to turn this promise into a purpose , and he added , in the barest of trembled whispers , ‘ As I am an eagle of Wrath do I promise it . |
| 19 | And in all three , what is autonomous ( or authentic ) is what is seen as originating in some way from within the self ; what is in some way untainted by the conditioning or manipulation to which a woman has previously been subjected . |
| 20 | Adults , particularly caring parents , appreciating its transience and its value , have the feeling that every moment of childhood should be spent in activity that is clearly worthwhile and rewarding in some way . |
| 21 | I 'm hoping in some way we can stop it happening again . |
| 22 | I responded as usual by smiling slightly — sufficient at least to indicate that I was participating in some way with the good-humouredness with which he was carrying on — and waited to see if my employer 's permission regarding the trip would be forthcoming . |
| 23 | without perhaps compromising in some way of actually saying to you in January . |
| 24 | But you have to have some level of arousal has to be something pumping round you round your blood your brain has to be working in some way to be able to perform . |
| 25 | Here we consider the incidence of features which are fore-grounded ( 1.4 ) by virtue of departing in some way from general norms of communication by means of the language code ; for example , exploitation of regularities of formal patterning , or of deviations from the linguistic code . |