Example sentences of "[noun sg] have a way " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Football has a way of kicking you down like that . |
| 2 | ‘ Your guess is as good as mine , but fate has a way of doing unexpected things . ’ |
| 3 | The girl had a way of looking at her as if she could read her mind and Ida did n't like it . |
| 4 | On such occasions it often seems foolish to intervene , for nature has a way of eliminating stragglers . |
| 5 | But bad news has a way of travelling . " |
| 6 | His father had a way of losing himself in some private absorption , of not hearing when people spoke to him , and then of apologizing concernedly . |
| 7 | When the Collector mentioned this to Dr McNab he shook his head and said : " Aye , the poor man has a way to go yet before he 'll be sound . " |
| 8 | Life has a way of changing the best of plans . |
| 9 | But she was the first in recent memory — for Gentle the past had a way of evaporating after about ten years — who had conspired to remove everything from him in the space of half a day . |
| 10 | Somehow , it seemed to Gedanken , her uncle had a way of making everything fun . |
| 11 | Reality has a way of falling short of the ideal . |
| 12 | However , World Challenge has a way with worried parents . |
| 13 | Some scientifically-minded people might agree that the foregoing is not unreasonable because mathematics has a way of intruding into human affairs whether we like it or not . |