Example sentences of "had found a way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday , Dr Colin Campbell , of Horticulture Research International 's experimental station at East Malling , Kent , said his team had found a way of predicting the migration patterns of harmful aphids and could lay on ambushes to kill them when they arrived . |
| 2 | He knew he was clever but there was just a slim chance Mr Crangle had found a way to get him , and he did n't want him caught , not for anything in the world . |
| 3 | Davy had found a way to burn a candle in a methane-rich atmosphere . |
| 4 | It was concerned with the story that Archimedes had found a way of discovering if a crown made for King Hiero of Syracuse was in fact of pure gold , as it was supposed to be , or had been adulterated with a cheaper metal . |
| 5 | Characteristically it was Smith 's perfectionism that made him delay publishing the full proofs until he had found a way of checking his answers . |
| 6 | This profession , which most members had come to brimming with conviction that they had found a way of linking their idealism to an honourable way of earning a living , has been devastated by continuous attack from the media . |
| 7 | I half-hoped , half-dreaded the mast would go up in sparks and a bang when the Big Man pulled the lever ; that FAKINTIL had found a way to wrap half a dozen shearing charges around the legs . |
| 8 | ‘ No ! ’ she shrieked , and managed a half-turn away from him , then discovered that he had found a way of keeping her exactly where he wanted her . |