Example sentences of "he had [verb] [art] way [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It had to be soon , it had to be quick , and so far he had seen no way of achieving it .
2 He had had no way of knowing whether this was the truth , but the pattern of spurious intimacy had been established .
3 Characteristically it was Smith 's perfectionism that made him delay publishing the full proofs until he had found a way of checking his answers .
4 ‘ 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 .
5 The fundamentally cautious Mehemet Ali decided to withdraw from Asia Minor and content himself with Syria , but Nicholas realized that , to prevent a recurrence of the crisis , he had to find a way of institutionalizing his short-term assistance to the Ottomans .
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