Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [verb] a way " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Baxter had to find a way to stop the piglets getting out to bully their mother and steal milk from others with younger litters . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Davy had found a way to burn a candle in a methane-rich atmosphere . |