Example sentences of "he [verb] it in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patrick has plenty to say on such subjects , and he says it in the lordly way which does much to furnish the book with its presiding idiom . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , that 's the Eiffel Tower , ’ and he says it in the same tone of voice as if you had shown him a portrait of Grandpa , and he had said : ‘ So that 's your grandfather I 've heard so much about . |
| 3 | He buried it in the back garden , near the fence , overlooking the park that overlooks the city of which his father was so proud . |
| 4 | He paid it in the same spirit that he washed himself-obsessively . |
| 5 | Everything you say , he takes it in the wrong way . |
| 6 | He turned the car , his hands moving swiftly and expertly as he manoeuvred it in the narrow lane . |
| 7 | He expresses it in the following way : |
| 8 | His speech goes back into a relaxed drawl , eyebrows half-cocked this time , and a mischievous glint makes the instigator of this flash of temper wonder whether he meant it in the first place . |
| 9 | He bought it in the Swinging Sixties and had never worn it . |
| 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 | It was for Couples , already top of the world rankings , his first major championship and he did it in the same accomplished manner that has already marked two earlier victories on the American tour . |
| 12 | In 1968 the Government introduced the Newspaper Ordnance ( Amendment ) Bill , which empowered the president to order a newspaper to cease publication when he considered it in the public interest to do so . |