Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] in [art] [adj] manner " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I suggest yer get yerself a good mouser , ’ Mr Goodrich told her in no uncertain manner . |
| 2 | Everything within her wanted to fight him , but the forbidding expression on his harsh features , and the unmistakable threat in his voice , told her in no uncertain manner she 'd regret it if she did . |
| 3 | The predatory gleam in his eyes told her in no uncertain manner that he wanted her too . |
| 4 | A well-established tradition holds owners to be morally entitled to their property where they have obtained it by way of an uncoerced transfer from someone who received it in a similar manner , subject to the property having been originally taken into private ownership by a legitimate process of acquisition . |
| 5 | You will have seen , with as much surprise as pleasure , a child of nine play the harpsichord like the great masters ; & what will have astonished you even more was to hear from trustworthy persons that he already played it in a superior manner three years ago ; to know that almost everything he plays is of his own composition ; to have found in all his pieces , and even in his improvisations , that character of force which is the stamp of genius , that variety which proclaims the fire of imagination & that charm which proves an assured taste ; and lastly , to have seen him perform the most difficult pieces with an ease and a facility that would be surprising even in a musician of thirty … . |
| 6 | The three bassets were already in residence , draped snoring on the fireside rug , but they seemed to be used to Debbie because two of them sniffed her in a bored manner and the third merely cocked a sleepy eye at her before flopping back on the rich pile . |
| 7 | Her sister had been to see her and made her very tired and various strangers had moved her and pummelled her in a familiar manner that made her angry . |
| 8 | One friend has explained how , in a conversation in which she was lamenting the cost of electricity , Eliot asked her in a confidential manner , " Are you on the domestic tariff ? " |
| 9 | Sometimes the king allowed subjects to take deer for themselves in his forests ; the warden 's duty was to see to it that they had a proper writ of warranty when they came to his forest , that they did not take more than the specified number , and that they took them in the prescribed manner . |
| 10 | He did it in the classic manner , by pitching the ball well up and bowling very , very quickly , and the fact that he needed help from his colleagues for only two of those wickets shows just how accurate he was . |
| 11 | I greeted him in a confused manner , unable to believe my eyes . |