Example sentences of "[noun] have [to-vb] [pron] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until 1977 the Secretary of Nigeria 's Educational Research Council had to battle his way through the appalling Lagos traffic from Apapa to Lagos Island if he wanted to consult with his Permanent Secretary or Chief Federal Adviser . |
| 2 | Rescuers had to cut their way through the chassis of the mangled coach to reach the dead and injured . |
| 3 | Kodak 's entry into the instant camera business increased the business of Polaroid because Kodak had to advertise its way in and so increased the total market . |
| 4 | His father 's business suffered during the Great Depression , and young Sam had to work his way through Missouri University by delivering newspapers . |
| 5 | The first guest , Victoria Wood , was already on , and Seb had to puff his way on immediately . |
| 6 | When construction , or rather demolition began , thousands of people had to wend their way through the mud and debris to get from their homes in the south of the city to their work in the north or to the shops and market . |
| 7 | In Alexandria he found that the railway meandered down to the beach and passengers had to find their way on to the trains without any benefit of station buildings . |
| 8 | Under the terms of the pardon , the commander was not empowered to accept Macdonald 's submission and the old man had to make his way through the blizzard to Inveraray . |
| 9 | On another occasion , the train left the rails near Zhmerinka Station and the Tsar had to make his way to the station on foot . |
| 10 | Abudah had to make his way through that cavern , that dungeon of lust , and the merchant was assailed now by stench and utter filth instead of sweet perfumes and woods of spices . |
| 11 | This philosophy appealed to Prince Charles and he was keen to give it a go , but , like everything else in the Duchy , the home farm had to pay its way . |
| 12 | Wycliffe had to make his way past a small crowd of would-be sightseers held well back by a uniformed policeman . |
| 13 | No path existed so that Trent had to force his way into a wall of vegetation . |
| 14 | Every individual has to find her way of tapping and using her creative resources , whether her daily environment is a home or an office . |
| 15 | Lilies have to push their way through thyme covering the soil of their pots , so that there 's a green covering even when the eye-catching bulbs have finished flowering . |
| 16 | Sewell made 18 consecutive League appearances for Palace , and was captain on occasions , but he then received a nasty injury in the match at Millwall on 22 February and Palace had to fight their way into Division Two without his able assistance . |
| 17 | Some of those who stuck with the rebellion had to force their way through the Tory crowd and shake off the intimidation . |