Tom stated frankly, in his off-hand, business-like way, what his theory was.
They all sat down in their serious, business-like way.
The two men he had stunned, were carried off by their companions in the same business-like way in which everything else was done.
She composed herself and, in a business-like way, once more raised the microphone to speak.
She had regained her brisk business-like way of talking.
'I have a complimentary ticket for Dangerous Corner,' the reporter said in a business-like way.
She said in a business-like way: "Very well, my dear, I'll go back to the farm and look after things for you there again.
'You are not to go, if you please, Kit,' said the attorney in a mysterious and yet business-like way.
"Now, sir," said the Bulldog in his business-like way, "are you animal, vegetable, or mineral?"
Like everything else Weston did, this was gone about in an efficient, thorough, and business-like way.
