Example sentences of "[pers pn] had a [adj] way of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had a better way of rupturing that patient impassivity , of making him look at her . |
| 2 | But she had a better way of relaxing the tightness that started at the back of her neck and spread across the crown of her head than attempting sleep . |
| 3 | ‘ She had a strange way of showing it , then . ’ |
| 4 | And she had a sure-fire way of handling the tough Northern audiences . |
| 5 | It means in effect that they had a quasi-sensuous way of seeing abstractions . |
| 6 | It means , in effect , that they had a quasi-sensuous way of seeing abstractions . |
| 7 | He had a curious way of stressing words in the wrong place , sometimes swallowing them completely , but there was a hypnotic singsong quality to his voice which made it very hard to concentrate on what he was actually saying . |
| 8 | He had a casual way of saying ‘ my mother ’ which somehow emphasised invincibly the fact that his mother was the Queen . |
| 9 | He had a peculiar way of dismounting — instead of putting his right leg over the saddle in the usual fashion , he used to put his left leg on a step protruding from the rear spindle , stand on this and gently place his right leg to the ground . |
| 10 | Jarvis was an eccentric and in the opinion of many who knew him a very strange man , but he had a quiet way of getting on with things . |
| 11 | He had a funny way of talking , Kate thought . |
| 12 | Perhaps in the matter of excitement Davis and Baker between them had a special way of making the blood dance , but ( listen to the Overture , for instance ) Nelson achieves a fine clarity of texture and , even more than Davis , he makes the phrases ‘ speak ’ . |