Example sentences of "way in which he [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Especially on the second night , I had the feeling that he wanted to talk , and what made it the more interesting was the variety of his experiences and the mature way in which he alluded to them . |
| 2 | This concentration on christology is of the very essence of Barth 's method , but the greatness of his theological achievement lies not simply in the method and form of the whole , but in the way in which he succeeded by this means in re-integrating and casting quite fresh light on all the great leading themes of classical orthodox belief . |
| 3 | Watching his total absorption in the service and the way in which he hung upon the holy words , Owen could not help feeling a moment of doubt . |
| 4 | On the contrary , there was a curious , rather unnatural gentleness about the way in which he waited for them to come nearer . |
| 5 | She resented the way in which he seemed to be taking over , insinuating himself into the family as cunningly as he once had in Oxford . |
| 6 | I was therefore obliged to monitor the line ferret 's progress and his approximate position by the way in which he progressed along the burrow from the moment he was introduced . |
| 7 | At a certain point in his investigations , at the harbour in Trieste , the narrator imagines the pleasure felt by the midshipman who at that moment is explaining the lay-out and workings of his ship to two visitors , giving all the parts of the ship and all the instruments their proper names , which ‘ have no synonyms ’ ( Del Giudice 1983 : 44 ) ; and muses further on his own dreams of navigation , envying the midshipman ‘ the way in which he concentrates on the angle and the height , and his habit of considering himself in relation to something ’ , above all ‘ the exactitude of the chart ’ ( 45 ) . |
| 8 | He tends not to formulate and face the difficulties that he encounters sufficiently rigorously , and erm to on the whole get away with difficulties by the skilful way in which he writes about them and by his wit . |
| 9 | Will my hon. Friend accept my thanks for the helpful way in which he dealt with my representations on this subject ? |
| 10 | And now , here she was , wherever here was , with a woman , short and comfortable , who possessed a kind face , and a man who was none of these things , judging by the coolly impersonal way in which he spoke to her . |