21.   His manner was self-assured and brusque.

22.   His manner is not so much regal as professorial.

23.   His manner is polite but authoritative.

24.   His manner was masterful and abrupt.

25.   Compared with the near-despair that she had shown during their recent encounter in the church, her manner was almost jaunty.

26.   Crucial to the success of selling carpets is the manner in which they are displayed in retail carpet shops.

27.   Her manner was rather endearingly confused, and Morse switched on what he sometimes saw in himself as a certain charm.

28.   She had a pleasing voice, and Morse guessed that her gushy manner was merely a cover for her nervousness.

29.   She was quiet for a time and when she spoke again her manner was more confiding.

30.   His manner was nervously belligerent.