Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [v-ing] [prep] some way " in BNC.

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1 I 'm hoping in some way we can stop it happening again .
2 I responded as usual by smiling slightly — sufficient at least to indicate that I was participating in some way with the good-humouredness with which he was carrying on — and waited to see if my employer 's permission regarding the trip would be forthcoming .
3 As Wilson mentions , she had recently had a harrowing shock , so it is possible that she was hallucinating in some way and that , by chance , her hallucinations corresponded approximately with historical reality .
4 Then he fell silent , as if he was thinking of some way to turn this promise into a purpose , and he added , in the barest of trembled whispers , ‘ As I am an eagle of Wrath do I promise it .
5 It is only when your treatment of them is lacking in some way that they are likely to show any degree of aggression .
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