Example sentences of "way [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former chairman of the Antique Dealers ' Association , Mac is witty about the ways of his trade , but serious about antiques . |
| 2 | Gaunt , head shaven , eyes wide open in horror , Miller soon realises that he must learn the filthy , violent ways of his fellow inmates to survive and perhaps , ultimately , escape . |
| 3 | Schleiermacher 's interpretation of Jesus and of the meaning of redemption is linked in two ways with his controlling conception of God-consciousness . |
| 4 | The second and third points were taken up by him and expressed in different ways in his pronouncements on political and economic issues . |
| 5 | their father 's land having been split three ways among his sons . |
| 6 | A motorbike with 8ft planks strapped width ways across his bike in Liverpool city centre . |
| 7 | In fact his skills are far surpassed in many ways by his lesser cousins . |
| 8 | Pancks 's habit of puffing and snorting , and his bustling ways around his employer are summed up in the steam-tug and barge image that CD repeatedly uses to describe them . |
| 9 | It asked the participants to stop haggling in public and permitted each bishop to take a decision either way for his own diocese ( Murphy 1959 ) . |
| 10 | Brought up , as Leonard was , to admire the Romantics and their charming , reliable , amiable world-view , their delight in nature , not least man 's own nature which had an organic relationship with the world by which sensibility and feeling — frequently emphasised as a pleasure-principle , paved the way for his being catapulted into the ‘ surreal ’ world of the Spanish writer . |
| 11 | The search was under way for his successor , although Catford 's trawl was conducted in a distinctly courtly style : |
| 12 | Although Mr Patten said it was too early to discuss his political future , the Tories are now expected to find a safe seat in which the sitting member can be persuaded to make way for his early return to Westminster . |
| 13 | Hugh Capet paved the way for his son and namesake to be crowned king of France at Reims in 987 . |
| 14 | Althusser 's question therefore paves the way for his view that a corpus of knowledge is the outcome of practices . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , Uniforum 's erstwhile executive director Ed Palmer , who 's due to retire next year , has moved over to head up the trade show and conferences , making way for his successor Richard Jarros ( UX No 410 ) . |
| 16 | Equally , Louis VII 's intervention in the disputed election at Langres in 1138 prepared the way for his charter of 1179 , taking the city and the whole episcopal fief under crown protection . |
| 17 | With his long arms , thick eyebrows and perpetual five o'clock shadow , Hughes has spent the last few years translating these daily drunken ramblings into a series of highly successful stage shows that have smoothed the way for his successful transition to our television screens . |
| 18 | Here in the winter of 1496 , Sir Robert Brudenell evicted thirty people from their small , open-field arable farms to make way for his cattle-pastures . |
| 19 | He found an ingenious legal device to eliminate the possibility of Aung San facing prosecution , thus clearing the way for his being invited to join the Executive Council . |
| 20 | In doing so the student will not merely be preparing in the best possible way for his examination : he will also be developing his mind as a working instrument and preparing himself for legal practice . |
| 21 | Three times in all her grandfather prostrated himself on the altar mat , then he rose slowly and stepped aside to make way for his son . |
| 22 | Preparations were under way for his 80th birthday celebrations in September . |
| 23 | After Andy Payton 's failure against Plymouth Argyle ten days ago , stand-in skipper Phillips took responsibility for the spot kick and calmly sent Paul Reece the wrong way for his third goal of the season . |
| 24 | His political troubles deepened at the weekend after conservatives had won a series of victories at an emergency session of the legislature , the Congress of People 's Deputies , which had paved the way for his powers to be curbed . |
| 25 | Lewis , whose chopping right hand opened the way for his 226-seconds victory , today described the punch to a fortune as being merely ‘ OK ’ . |
| 26 | H.S. Lecky got less than half way through his The King 's Ships ( 1913–14 ) , giving a history , in alphabetical order of name , of the ships of the Royal Navy . |
| 27 | Two-thirds of the way through his essay , Pound apologizes again : ‘ If this seem an over-long prologue … ’ |
| 28 | For nearly two hours he worked his way through his agenda , more administration and finance today than scientific exploration . |
| 29 | Sandison was half way through his second glass of wine . |
| 30 | Needless to say , your task is to help the caliph battle his way through his dark and dangerous palace . |