Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] a way " in BNC.
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1 | A lot of these were books written by moralistic females ; books which erm reflected various kinds of Victorian ideas , and much later on when I did some research in Oxford on Victorian literature I found a way of putting these two sorts of things together . |
2 | Yet Batty noticed that in spite of her reserve she had a way of inspiring people to do things for her . |
3 | One argument for common investment funds is that at the moment they provide a way of getting round the narrow and wider investment bands that dictate charity investment . |
4 | The ROA would prefer to see the money used to increase prize money in the lower races , but when money is reallocated in that manner it has a way of disappearing . |
5 | On the one hand it offers a way of displaying hardness , on the other it is respectable , adopted as part of the official culture of ‘ school ’ or ‘ youth club ’ . |
6 | With no hands either , Steg ca n't seize the grubs in the conventional way , but being a resourceful sort of chap he finds a way to catch 'em . |