Example sentences of "they were [prep] [det] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | As members of a Pathfinder Squadron they were allowed to wear a small brass albatross on their left breast pocket , immediately under their wings , and this was the only indication to anyone outside the RAF that they were in any way out of the ordinary . |
| 2 | Ministers believed the same , asserting as had been asserted when they were created that they were in some way different from the universities . |
| 3 | The most important common feature among them was that they did not have absolute rights over the land which they farmed , but that they were in some way dependent on a lord , who had a right to some part of their labour or their profits from the land . |
| 4 | Anton laughed : nothing shocked him ; they were in some ways alike , he and his sister . |
| 5 | Shouting ‘ Long live democracy ’ and singing the ‘ Internationale ’ , they were in some ways evoking the spirit of ‘ May Fourth ’ and paving the way for others to take in following years . |