Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [prep] a way " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean in a way the purse thing is a bit more distant |
| 2 | Yeah , I mean what was nice in , in a way was that er I could n't go to the last meeting I was n't well , I had a cold er , what was nice in a way was that David who 's the general manager and the general manager from Pitlochry had come in , I mean in a way it was a classic case |
| 3 | Well I mean in a way it would be nice to have one more new one |
| 4 | Yeah but I mean in a way you can understand |
| 5 | I mean in a way I think it 's probably the best thing that 's happened to me for a while cos I could see myself see the thing is I can I was n't ever planning to be here for even six months . |
| 6 | Erm you know but he 's saying the developments of the peasant movement has resulted in the rapid rise in their cultural level erm you know so on the one hand he 's , I mean in a way he 's , he 's trying to re-educate the whole peasant class erm and , and change their way of thinking which previously has obviously been going on , you know , since Confucian |
| 7 | ‘ But I know of a way . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I guess in a way , every comment from him was facetious . |
| 9 | Nice chap and he teaches creative writing in Glasgow , used to be a teacher then a teacher trainer and then I think took early retirement and he does this but made the point that he simply uses it for extra income for pleasure and interest as opposed I suppose to a way of writing you know so |
| 10 | Margaret Jones : ‘ I remember David asked me to get my dressmaker to taper his trousers and before long other members of his form were also getting me to taper their trousers , so I suppose in a way I was almost helping them to rebel against Mr Frampton . ’ |
| 11 | I suppose in a way , I was living out my own part of the Ziggy decadence and the Ziggy demise . |
| 12 | I suppose in a way it 's a bit like the tail wagging the dog to a certain extent , whereby the er larger institutions rather want to get their two pence worth , er rather than let the Engineering Council take over . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , I suppose in a way I had . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I suppose in a way that 's what it did feel like . |
| 15 | ‘ I suppose in a way I always really knew it was you , ’ he says . |
| 16 | I suppose in a way I do n't trust him . |
| 17 | No it was erm I was going to say much more natural in , in those days , I suppose in a way it was more natural . |
| 18 | I suppose in a way you could draw parallels with the old Samson and Delilah story , ’ he said , leaning forward in his seat to make his point . |
| 19 | ‘ I suppose in a way a man remains a child until he has his own . ’ |
| 20 | Couple of points though about this erm , how the parish council is recognized within the organization because it 's important and that did our day as well and , I suppose in a way it 's the one , one or so positive things out of this that we kind of latch on to , that the communication part is important and erm there may be others that feel the same way that we 're not actually communicating what it is that we 're doing , so , so maybe |
| 21 | I liked her — I suppose in a way I felt indebted to her , but I was n't certain . |
| 22 | ‘ I suppose in a way I was testing you , ’ he explained . |
| 23 | which it ca n't be right cos , I suppose in a way it 's none of our business but it is I mean if it gets to it , it puts our company in financial difficulties it means it 's jobs on the line int it that sort of thing |
| 24 | But I suppose in a way they would have then been contemplating selling their own house and getting somewhere else before in fact |
| 25 | And I feel in a way slightly responsible that it was Suzannah . |
| 26 | I mean , I suppose I do in a way . |
| 27 | Let me put it this way , I 'm doing the one job in the world which I really want to do , which I love — and work to me is pleasure , so I do n't have very much time and even the things I do in a way are relaxation . |
| 28 | " Well , I do in a way . |
| 29 | David was n't very happy about me being so blunt , but I think in a way it made him realise that I was really straightforward and that I really did care . |
| 30 | I think in a way we were all Ziggy Stardust and we were all living out this myth of Ziggy Stardust and treated him as if he was Ziggy Stardust . |