Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [art] way " in BNC.

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1 Mrs Blakey had a way of saying , annoying Stephen because of the implication that everything they did had to be done together .
2 Stephen had a way of getting what he wanted from people and then moving rapidly on .
3 It was strange how Hank had a way of withdrawing from one 's company at times , just as if he had forgotten one was there .
4 This was no doubt because Read had a way of writing about Abstract Art in his own highly abstract manner , so that abstraction was further compounded .
5 Gustave had a way of talking about the women he had enjoyed .
6 Whether he was there or some other place Dowd had no way of fetching him back .
7 Emily had a way of launching casually into an anecdote about some fix she 'd got herself into in the past and Preston would listen with increasing alarm , wondering just what he 'd got himself into .
8 There are growling bass reinforcements and the principal melody shouts its triumph at one point an octave higher than written , through it has to be said that Cortot had a way of making such licence irresistible .
9 Vologsky had no way to back out now .
10 The roof of the workplace began to fall and John had no way through .
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