Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [prep] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm by way of being a bit of an expert on the moor , you know . " |
| 2 | I think I 'm in way more than help but it it does me good . |
| 3 | I fancy you are by way of being a professional photographer , Mr Kleiber ? ’ |
| 4 | But one thing you should understand is that you 're in way over your head . |
| 5 | I started the engine , got up the anchor , and we were under way . |
| 6 | Once they were under way Charlie pulled out his pipe and lit up . |
| 7 | And accordingly they treat it , as if , in the present age , this were an agreed point , among all people of discernment ; and nothing remained , but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule , as it were by way of reprisals , for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world . |
| 8 | Above , it 's along way home , but at least the competitors get to take the scenic route . |
| 9 | It 's under way and this is the way to go with it . |
| 10 | It is about ways of organising learning activities so that children expect and are able to help one another , to share ideas , to comment constructively upon one another 's work , to recognise and use one another 's resources in ways which support and enhance learning . |
| 11 | The island , in truth little more than a detached headland , is about seventy metres high , and progress on to it is by way of one of many gullies filled with sand . |
| 12 | ( That some people lack these impulses is normally grounds for criticism ; we call them sadists , cruel , or , if it is by way of business , then merely hardened . ) |
| 13 | You two should get along like a house on fire as he 's by way of being quite an authority on horses these days . |
| 14 | ‘ He 's by way of being her foster-son . ’ |
| 15 | It was by way of being a royal command . |
| 16 | What she said was of interest to Edouard , but he could see that it was by way of a preamble . |