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Example sentences of "[conj] in [adj] way [pers pn] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	There is never the feeling that in any way she is exploiting her position for her own good .
2	Like the three kings in the story , O went home another way , feeling that in some way he had just been warned about something .
3	He went out of the room , into the corridor and into his room and there he stood with his back to the door , his mouth wide , gasping at the air , still in fright , yet knowing that in some way he had emerged as if out of a deep canyon .
4	When Picasso painted the Demoiselles d'Avignon , those of his friends who were allowed to see it seem to have felt that in some way he had let them down .
5	He knew that in some way he had hurt her .
6	She could not guess why or how , but she knew that in some way he was out to drive a wedge between herself and John .
7	She knew he was being evasive and sensed that in some way he was trying to protect her .
8	I thought that in some way I was n't pleasing you .
9	‘ I know that in some way I 've offended you , ’ she began .
10	Earlier today the Secretary of State chided me and said that in some way I was an advocate of his system because I used the example of refuse collection and its cost to show that his system was simple and that we were in agreement on it .
11	If in one way he seemed much more human , more normally fallible , than before , that was tainted by what seemed like a lack of virginity in the telling .
12	‘ You say it as if in some way it excuses her , ’ she remarked .
13	Creggan was startled by this and wondered if in some way she understood that he had made a vow that if ever the chance came for them to escape he would place her freedom before his own .
14	With a helpless little movement she sat up , drawing up her knees and hugging them as if in some way she might glean comfort from the gesture .
15	So if in any way you 're different , if you 're black or if you 're short or if in any way you 're different , you 're fair game for the bullies perhaps ?
16	So if in any way you 're different , if you 're black or if you 're short or if in any way you 're different , you 're fair game for the bullies perhaps ?
17	And when I think of my daughters growing up in that atmosphere , in that society , I feel I must try to avoid it if in any way I can .
18	Most of us will be working part time and voluntary work will be considered work just as much as paid work and in that way we can distribute the enormous amount of work that needs to be done more evenly .
19	Yeah , I , I 'm suggesting that the facilities management contract , be referred to the budget review sub-committee for consideration , and in that way we can actually consider it , and obviously if the report is not yet prepared , erm , perhaps we can put some input into it , I have to say , that it disturbs me to be given an answer , that do n't worry everybody , there 's a report coming , and then we suddenly say well , we might like to look at it in three weeks time , we 're told actually it 's not written yet .
20	So we 're trying to encourage the equipment suppliers now to look again at what they have won on business for Eurofighter and perhaps allocate the work between themselves a lot more efficiently so that instead of each one of the four members building a given percentage of the five items , they say right we 'll take this one , all of it and we 'll build all of it , you take that one , all of it and build that one and so on an and in that way we might be able to er er improve considerably on the costs of production .
21	What they 're able to do with that money this year and in that way we can make a reasonable assessment as to what has to be done next year and the years after and budget all , but we 're talking about how they 're going to spend the money that we 've just earlier on voted for , for us so that we can see what is being done and also that the public can see because after all this all came up , the report to the ombudsman and the public will not be satisfied about our performance on that .
22	And in that way I felt that I was closer to people .
23	Hope saw himself , the ascetic , the missionary , the preacher , the proud foe of great kings , the saint of God , the healer , the miracle worker , the chastiser of his own flesh : and in some way he felt himself shriven .
24	Finally , one will break through the " wall " of the ovum and enter it ; the wall will then seal behind it and in some way it now becomes impregnable to the assaults of further sperm .
25	The meeting was chaired by Betty Sinclair , who reminded the supporters that their objective was to demonstrate for civil rights , for jobs and for houses : ‘ We are asking you to listen to the speakers , and what we have done today will go down in history and in this way we will be more effective in showing the world that we are a peaceful people asking for our civil rights in an orderly manner . '
26	Sometimes children like to list the names of the members of their family and in this way we can help them to count how many there are , and help them to remember to include themselves in the count !
27	Avoid the sort of ending used in this essay on " Genres of the Old English Poetry " : And in this way we have come to the end of our characterisation of the main genres of the oldest vernacular poetry in Western Europe ; poetry which achieved so great variety over the 8th , 9th , and 10th centuries .
28	Goods that had been imported from the Continent may then have become powerful social tools by their redistribution through the social system , and in this way they form part of the subject of internal exchange .
29	They saw factory work as a source of pride rather than low status , and in this way they inverted the ideas of the teachers and other more powerful groups in society .
30	Remember that more English wine is sold direct from vineyards than is offered through wine merchants , and in this way you can often negotiate a better price .