Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] way [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We believe the police in general should be commended for the professional way they conducted themselves in the face of provocation . ’ |
| 2 | Groups in our society such as Friends of the Earth , Greenpeace and the Green party are to be congratulated for the energetic way they are drawing our attention to the issues involved . |
| 3 | ‘ And if possible try to make amends for the rude way you spoke to Lucy . |
| 4 | I ADMIRE Freddie Starr and his wife Sandie for the mature way they are handling the end of their 18-year marriage . |
| 5 | Your Royal Highness sorry , Your Royal Highness er before we , we ask you to close this meeting I would like to ask our members to show their appreciation for the wonderful way you have chaired this Annual General Meeting , for your presence here and the gracious way you support the sport throughout the season . |
| 6 | Thank you for the complimentary way you 've acted . |
| 7 | Sometimes 1 would try to withhold my gift of words as the only way I could convey to him that he was withholding something I needed as badly as he needed my poetic ability . |
| 8 | And there was something about the easy way they were together , evidently in the full flow of conversation , that sent a quick uneasy dart of emotion rushing through her . |
| 9 | The figure in the seat was human , as far as he could make out in the murky light , but there was something about the awkward way it was sprawled in the chair that made him glad he could n't see it any clearer . |
| 10 | There is cause for concern about the muddled way we think about the British ‘ constitution ’ ; there is even greater cause for concern about the political consequences of its nature . |
| 11 | ‘ I am very sad , ’ he wrote to me , ‘ about the disgraceful way you have been treated by the Seniors , and because of it I have informed the captain I am resigning . ’ |
| 12 | Now she comes forward , gets her publicity , tells the whole world about the swell way you treated her , thinking she was the girl friend of a dead pal , everybody likes her , everybody likes you . ’ |
| 13 | After all , she did owe Luke something after the stupid way she had behaved . |
| 14 | And to be honest , after the dreadful way we finished last season , we would have settled for being fifth from bottom right now . |
| 15 | After a little way I halted and looked back . |
| 16 | Time and again she told herself she was fortunate to see the back of him , so often she reminded herself of the despicable way he had behaved . |
| 17 | It 's almost like a G.W. Fashions hallmark — though hard to recognise at times because of the fussy way it 's been handled . |
| 18 | She was exhausted ; more so because of the alarmed way she had sprung out of reach whenever Guy had become restless , than from the number of times she had sponged him down in an attempt to cool his fever . |
| 19 | Though shooting 's too good for them , if you ask me , we 're too soft in this country , we could do with a bit of Hitler here I think sometimes instead of the namby-pamby way we go on … . ’ |
| 20 | Yet Diana truly believed he was in love with her because of the devoted way he behaved in her presence . |
| 21 | Despite the careful way he 'd re-sealed it , Blackbeard had spotted it . |
| 22 | Erm just to say that , just to confirm the note sent round that erm we will only pay for any photographic services by Intercity East Coast if it has been procured using a task request form in accordance with the same way we procure any other internal B R er service . |
| 23 | Although Lord Ridleys aggressive and forthright manner sometimes rubbed people up the wrong way it also gained him the respect of colleagues … |
| 24 | He came to me and put his arms round me and said , " I 'm terribly glad , " and from the simple way he said it I knew that against all the evidence he had believed me , perhaps because he wanted to . |
| 25 | His 123 came out of 165 off 162 deliveries in 211 minutes ; a few months earlier in Australia he had run himself out on 99 in his desperation to reach the magic figure , but one would never have guessed it from the effortless way he swept there now . |
| 26 | It was plain from the blustering way he spoke that he was n't so sure . |
| 27 | Well no it does n't , if there 's nothing , if there 's nothing coming round from the other way it does n't go . |
| 28 | Though fate laughed hollowly at her elbow when she recalled that , from the harsh way he had left her , he 'd be doing his utmost to avoid accidentally bumping into her anyway . |
| 29 | From the old way I took the track down to Whernside Manor and Deepdale Methodist Chapel , crossing the road there and taking the path through the woods where a millstone propped against a tree is all that remains of the old mill that once stood here . |
| 30 | In the normal way I would not have followed him into the gunsmith 's , a place of such absolute masculinity , smelling of game and metal , ringing with men 's talk . |