Tom was sorry to hear her speaking in her old manner.
Even in extremis their old manner with one another was maintained.
He turned to Paul, summoning a final remnant of his old manner.
That amused me and awoke my old manner of speech.
She did not want to tell him and kept turning away in her old manner.
She dropped for a moment into the old manner, then seemed to shake herself.
"You know what I mean," he said, with a touch of his old bulldozing manner.
You might presume that plain old bad manners has gotten us to this state.
"I am very grateful for madame's understanding," she said in her old manner.
Put on a little weight, polished up the old manners.