Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [verb] [art] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact the 3000 MkIII had gone the way of many a sports car in its dotage and started to take on a softer aspect . |
| 2 | Jesus had shown the way back to God and had demonstrated in his own person that he was the Way , but men and women in order to return to God would need to freely join themselves to the new humanity of Christ . |
| 3 | It was a curious sensation , diving into water I could n't see , but once Robins had led the way , and was treading water in the pool , I followed without any fear . |
| 4 | It was concerned with the story that Archimedes had found a way of discovering if a crown made for King Hiero of Syracuse was in fact of pure gold , as it was supposed to be , or had been adulterated with a cheaper metal . |
| 5 | In some ways , therefore , France had to find a way of forcing the other five members into line behind his conception of an intergovernmental association of European states that would ultimately expand far beyond the Six , to what de Gaulle described as a Europe extending from the Atlantic to the Urals . |
| 6 | Baxter had to find a way to stop the piglets getting out to bully their mother and steal milk from others with younger litters . |
| 7 | He knew he was clever but there was just a slim chance Mr Crangle had found a way to get him , and he did n't want him caught , not for anything in the world . |
| 8 | In November 1990 Japan had opened the way for China 's international rehabilitation by lifting economic sanctions imposed in the aftermath of the crackdown [ see p.37859 ] . |
| 9 | On his way back to the Incident Room Wycliffe had to weave a way through milling crowds who had deserted the beaches and taken to window shopping . |
| 10 | Petrie Cranko adds that , even if Grace had prepared the way , ‘ Herbert told John , who was quite young , to telephone Manning and make the arrangements himself ’ for the lessons . |
| 11 | Davy had found a way to burn a candle in a methane-rich atmosphere . |
| 12 | Fernando had adored the way she dressed in Seville , said she looked like a stunning sexy witch in the black she favoured so much … |
| 13 | Brady stressed that the two countries were special cases ; Egypt , he said , had been the " foundation stone " of the coalition in the Gulf war , while Poland had led the way towards a free market economy in eastern Europe . |
| 14 | As the penalty for this was death , and as John had affected the ways and dress of a Quaker , the bank manager , a Quaker himself , was somewhat loathe to bring charges . |