Example sentences of "[pers pn] in [art] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will serve to start you in a new way of thinking about your rating habits . |
| 2 | ‘ A lot of the record , ’ Rowland sighs , ‘ is about other people 's perceptions of you and how if enough people treat you in a certain way that 's what you become after a while . |
| 3 | The planets are presently influencing you in a positive way , and you 'll become more confident about the months ahead . |
| 4 | I go bananas I go spare I go for you in a big way I go for you with |
| 5 | And if , because of that , you never want to see me again — because , after all , I am no better than Havvie ; I simply raped you in a different way — ’ And , having lapsed into complete incoherence , he fell silent , not knowing what to say , except to add humbly , ‘ I think that your father approves of my suit , but that is no matter . |
| 6 | If a stranger , or a bully , or even someone you know tries to harm you or touch you in a frightening way , RUN AWAY and get help . |
| 7 | PAMELA : [ kneeling ] I am poor indeed in everything compared to you , and how very far do you in every generous way leave me behind you . |
| 8 | I do n't want to come here too often , but I 'll expect messages from you in the usual way . |
| 9 | This will build up your aerobic fitness and train you in the right way . |
| 10 | Cradling the baby in front of you in the traditional way , see above . |
| 11 | When you reach shoulder shaping in a pattern it will generally instruct you in the time-honoured way to ‘ cast off ’ as group of stitches at the beginning of the next given number of rows . |
| 12 | Dear Prime Minister , In spite of the most helpful representations and advice from my staff , I have decided to continue submitting my reports to you in the informal way I settled upon initially … ’ |
| 13 | I have decided to continue submitting my reports to you in the informal way I settled upon initially … |
| 14 | Somebody looks at you in the wrong way some morning , you know , what 's the matter with you , that type of thing you know . |
| 15 | You will sometimes find that if your employer acts towards you in an unsatisfactory way , he is in breach of his implied duty of mutual trust and confidence . |
| 16 | He told her : ‘ It 's hard to think of you in an attractive way — you 're my friend 's wife . ’ |
| 17 | I should be alone , and the old custom that clerks resigned on marriage was told to me in no uncertain way . |
| 18 | The other side of the coin is that it is very satisfying and rewarding because it stretches me in every possible way . |
| 19 | He was looking at me in a desperate way . |
| 20 | People see me in a certain way at school , as someone outspoken and good at English ; then they see me with my head covered , and suddenly they seem to be thinking : submissive . |
| 21 | And as we drove away , we had n't travelled down the road very far when my wife looked at me in a certain way … and I knew that she wanted Low Birk Hatt as much as me . |
| 22 | ‘ He told me in a general way that he was American . |
| 23 | I asked him after a lecture he gave in Cambridge , and he looked at me in a vague way and said yes , he would . |
| 24 | After that she said nothing for a while , only sat watching me in a broody way . |
| 25 | They wanted to kill me in a horrific way , to frighten those who work in defence of human rights . |
| 26 | I mean , he 's respected me in a queer way . |
| 27 | But in a book he 's written he 's had a real big pop at me in a sour way . |
| 28 | Lord Palmerston sent for me and told me in a jaunty way that he would have nothing to do with this Gothic style , and that though he did not want to disturb my appointment he must insist on my making a design in the Italian style which he felt sure I could do as well as the other . |
| 29 | Mind you Chappie has made us all laugh at times , and Deane looks as limited to me in a different way . |
| 30 | Sometimes he immediately pounced upon whatever I said and showed me in a psychoanalytical way how wrong I was , and how right he was . |