Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a way " in BNC.
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31 | Sometimes though it has a way of surfacing . ’ |
32 | When Boniface wrote to other bishops , he had a way of invariably reminding them that Christian authority meant service . |
33 | He had a way of beating the offside trap of defenders like Newcastle 's McCracken by waiting until the ball was in his own half of the field before attacking . |
34 | He had a way of stretching his long jaw forward when he was pleased . |
35 | Yet he had a way of manipulating our conversations on to ground of his choosing where he spoke so admirably that only afterwards did one realize how other issues , other questions , had been delicately side-stepped . |
36 | he had a way with him and he was , got on very well with Mr and er he told us afterwards that erm the whole trouble was that the children 's baths had leaked that morning |
37 | She was beginning to think he had a way of entering her thoughts and her memory , because she had looked like that when they had made their final move — tall , slender , leggy . |
38 | He had a way of listening to them as if their every word was a pearl of wisdom . |
39 | He had a way with words , my master . |
40 | He had a way of looking at people as though they amused him , just like you might look at the antics of white mice in a cage . |
41 | He had a way of dealing with objections which , even if he did n't face them , made it appear absolutely ridiculous to maintain the opposite position . |