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

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1 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 .
2 I mean Ro R Roger advised the client 's agent in the normal way I mean
3 Oh absolutely marvellous we watched the house go up brick by brick , you know , we , we used to come down here and think oh my goodness wo n't it be marvellous to be able to run some water and have a bath in the normal way you know cos we do n't , we 'd both always had electricity and baths and everything else until this happened and erm , we er , oh it was wonderful , really wonderful absolutely marvellous
4 In it he said of Mrs Thatcher , in the jocular way he addresses us all : ‘ I wish that cow would resign . ’
5 The great majority of practitioners proclaimed their belief in the only way they could — through sound classroom practice .
6 We are married in the only way we can be married , believe me .
7 Make amends in the only way we could .
8 He did n't know what they had been doing to him , but whatever it was he did n't like it , and he was going to let them know it in the only way he knew — by making as loud a noise as he could !
9 My motivations were not as clear-cut as those of any contemporary workforce , but there is no doubt in my mind that I was going on strike in the only way I knew how to , and that in this sense Szasz is right to describe anorexia nervosa as a political problem .
10 ‘ I could be looking for something more , ’ she said , and again she wished she had kept her mouth closed , but he seemed to bring out the worse in her , and she could n't resist answering his insults in the only way she knew .
11 The smugness in his voice was here too , in the studied way he licked upper and lower lips with his tongue before he spoke , and tapped the fingertips of each hand together as he judged the broken man at his feet .
12 In the usual way we 'd have gone to the morning room after dinner and sat awhile .
13 But eventually the arguments all boil down to the fact that it is more economic to harvest the rainforest sustainably than clear-fell it in the idiotic way we have been doing until now , and that this is of immense benefit to us , the human species , because of the maintenance of that genetic diversity which will cure all sorts of dreadful diseases in the future .
14 She was still an awkward presence because she was never relaxed ; there was an unnatural quality of alertness in her posture , in the intent way she stared at you as you spoke , in her sudden jerky movements .
15 But in the ordinary way we should n't expect to , of course , he is n't a writing man .
16 The Secretary of State hoped that qualified members of the teaching staff would pursue research that would contribute to the ‘ better performance of their teaching duties ’ , but he did not envisage that ‘ in the ordinary way it will be necessary for members of the academic staff to devote the whole or most of their time to research ’ .
17 However , if you set about it in the right way it can be an easy road , a pleasant country ramble rather than an attempt to scale Everest .
18 However , if you look at things in the right way it is all quite logical and straightforward .
19 We only know that if we treat it in the right way it will enable us to do wonderful things .
20 The main attraction of the Copernican theory lay in the neat way it explained a number of features of planetary motion , which could be explained in the rival Ptolemaic theory only in an unattractive , artificial way .
21 Eleanor Thorne had been thin , even then , but an upright woman , straight as a twig , straight in the old way they were all taught , books on heads , stiff-corseted .
22 The electrical power workers , however , did not respond in the forthright way they had done in the general strike of May 1974 .
23 He paused , eyeing her in the clinical way she 'd come to recognise .
24 The hackers were surpassing themselves in the inventive ways they hit the ball badly , and often , and in the wrong direction .
25 When the 27-hour non-stop TV spectacular was last staged in 1990 , the Hampshire people proved as dotty as anyone in the bizarre ways they raised cash for the needy in the local community .
26 You would not , for instance , had he had his way , have been able to go on running the provender committee in the disgraceful way you did . ’
27 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 … ’
28 I have decided to continue submitting my reports to you in the informal way I settled upon initially …
29 ‘ Ossie has attempted to play the game in the attractive way he has always believed in , ’ said O'Neill .
30 She did not mention that no more money would be sent — let Ellen discover that when the monthly money orders did not arrive in the punctual way they always had done .
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