Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] [prep] [det] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when they are listening in this way to check their theories they have a real purpose in listening . |
| 2 | It is natural that they aspire to emulate their heroes when they are presented in this way . |
| 3 | For example , psychedelic elements in the musical style — blurred or tinkly timbres , for instance — are typically interpreted as such by reference to a subculture of drug usage ; in other words they are defined in this way primarily because hippies said they should be . |
| 4 | It has been considered that the simultaneous presence of ultradian and daily rhythms suggests that they are related in some way and possibly all come from the same body clock . |
| 5 | If they are correlated in some way , then we should see a pattern when we consider the sets of scores across several people . |
| 6 | I find myself looking over my shoulder to see what it is they 're looking at that way . |
| 7 | there 's some brain in them , there must be , they 're programmed in some way are n't they ? |
| 8 | Yes they 're dealt with same way there 's hardly any break between payment of salaries and onto superannuation . |
| 9 | What and they were matched in some way ? |
| 10 | They were treated in this way because birds might be able to acquire the skill simply by coming across an already opened milk bottle . |
| 11 | The absence of a non-Roman catholic school in the immediate area and the naïve belief that they were empowered in some way to have a say in what type of school should appear on their housing estate — there was a small Roman catholic school which was to be expanded to cater for the growth of the population — may have sharpened catholic parents ' interest in having an integrated school . |
| 12 | Swords , spears and shields are taken to be weapons of warfare , defensive and offensive , and there is nothing to suggest that they were used in any way other than conventional modes ( Alcock 1978 ; Davidson 1962 ; Swanton 1973 ) . |