Example sentences of "a way [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far as Pitt was concerned , America came first , but he was as delighted as anyone when the English force protecting Hanover won a distinct success against France at Minden , which might have been decisive if Lord George Sackville had not disobeyed an order to charge in a way that exposed him to conspicuous , though not permanent , disgrace . |
| 2 | As a result it was accepted by the 1630s that English colonies could take most decisions for themselves , and this meant they developed the institutions which , over the course of time , grew in a way that enabled them to become self-governing and then independent by stages which could be so small as sometimes to be imperceptible . |
| 3 | He curled his arm round Claudia 's waist , smiling at the receptionist in a way that made her assure him she would keep his secret . |
| 4 | Marc was still gripping her wrist in a way that made her feel like melting against him . |
| 5 | She could feel the hard muscles of his body pressing against her side , his arm sheltering her in a way that made her trust him . |
| 6 | Fran tried to step past him , but he just stood where he was , making no attempt to get out of her way while he continued to study her in a way that made her suddenly self-conscious . |
| 7 | Just for a second she met his curious gaze then looked away , feeling her heart pounding in a way that made her feel sick . |
| 8 | I 'd seen him earlier that night , here at the house , behaving in a way that made me very anxious to find out what he was doing here on Moila . ’ |
| 9 | But then , having exhausted his recollections of the circumstances of his writing the paper , he switched to more personal matters and enquired carefully how I was getting on in a way that made me reel that my mission had been worthwhile and that I had by no means wasted his morning . |
| 10 | He had a think , and blew his nose , noticing after a moment that her mind was fixed on his words in a way that made him feel quite light . |
| 11 | Intellectual reviewers took him up in left-wing papers because of his music-hall background and appreciated him in a way that made him wretched . |
| 12 | He cuddled her and felt the bump in a way that made her uneasy as to the propriety of it and asked constantly how this baby was to climb out . |
| 13 | Francis was trying to divide his attention between the little moving pictures and the Doctor 's argument with the dreadful Lacuna woman , but he had seen the blond girl smile in a way that made her face look almost unattractive , and he had heard her whisper savagely . |
| 14 | He smiled again , in a way that made her heart turn over . |
| 15 | He came back to her in a barely controlled rush , gently parting her legs , his mouth and hands caressing her body in a way that made her move sinuously against him , and which wrenched a low moan of need from his throat . |
| 16 | She flicked him a perfunctory smile , seeing the mockery lingering in his dark eyes in a way that made her itch to reach out and slap him . |
| 17 | He glanced down at her , his dark eyes crinkling at the corners as he smiled in a way that made her heart turn a tiny somersault . |
| 18 | He smiled in a way that made her heart stop beating . |
| 19 | Biddy did not speak for some time , and stood considering them in a way that made them all feel about half their usual size . |
| 20 | The new literacy arising from compulsory elementary education meant that boys could read about a sport which was organized in a way that made it difficult to watch regularly . |
| 21 | In the past I 'd behaved in a way that made it impossible for women to stay with me — for instance , I 'd cut off emotionally , or refuse to have sex , or start seeing other women . |
| 22 | At that time , the physics course at Oxford was arranged in a way that made it particularly easy to avoid work . |
| 23 | She said please in a way that made it a special request of her own . |
| 24 | He smiled slowly down at her , his gaze centring on her mouth in a way that made it start to throb . |
| 25 | ‘ Barbarians stole the statues , ’ Nicolo repeated in a way that made it clear he would accept no argument . |
| 26 | Analysts said the statement was phrased in a way that made it difficult to confirm or refute . |
| 27 | Luke 's eyes licked over her in a way that made his answer perfectly clear . |
| 28 | Let's go ! ’ and Dave came down the tree in a way that made my eyes water . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're a terrible man — ’ she managed to croak as he touched her in a way that transported her back at once to the heaven of the previous night . |
| 30 | And it had made him feel big in a way that had nothing to do with macho trappings . |