You know, it isn't all sweetness and light here, not by any manner of means.

He felt tired, considering, and not too pessimistic, not by any manner of means despairing.

But it wasn't the last of it--not by any manner of means was it!

He was tall, but not by any manner of means big made; he had very small 'ands an' feet, a sort o' what they call death's-'ead complexion; 'is 'air was black as soot, an' so was 'is eyes, an' they sparkled like two diamonds in 'is 'ead."

You couldn't have arranged that little accident, by any manner of means.

You know, it isn't all sweetness and light here, not by any manner of means.

It looked some like Muriel, but not enough to be sure by any manner of means.

'I haven't lost my interest in politics by any manner of means.'

"Well, Shreed isn't a simple character, by any manner of means.

He felt tired, considering, and not too pessimistic, not by any manner of means despairing.

Poor old Benjy--he was not her equal by any manner of means, but what he would do alone one couldn't think.

by any manner of means, because they represent the of the town.

It was an Indian girl - and take it from me, Indians ain't Spiggoties by any manner of means.

But it wasn't the last of it--not by any manner of means was it!

Compliance with this is not going to solve all incidents of tanker pollution by any manner of means, but it should help a great deal.'

Her father took one look at the joy bursting out on Jumpy's face and murmured softly to his wife, "Mrs, the voice this boy is wanting to hear is not inner by any manner of means."

But the quantity of writing constituting The Notion Club Papers, and the quantity of writing associated with them, cannot by any manner of means have been the work of a fortnight.

But Goldilocks was not the only one to be anxious, by any manner of means, and when Stephen Maturin was at last seen to walk out of the trees and cross the beach to meet the jolly-boat, a general exclamation of 'There he is!'

He was tall, but not by any manner of means big made; he had very small 'ands an' feet, a sort o' what they call death's-'ead complexion; 'is 'air was black as soot, an' so was 'is eyes, an' they sparkled like two diamonds in 'is 'ead."

I don't pretend to be the cleverest or smoothest officer in the Navy, Captain, by a long shot-I wasn't first in my class by any manner of means, and I never got very good grease marks-but I'll tell you this, sir, I'm one of the stubbornest.