Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [pos pn] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it has mended its ways in recent years , the NRDC deserves some of the criticism that has come its way . |
| 2 | Although it has mended its ways in recent years , the NRDC deserves some of the criticism that has come its way . |
| 3 | In any case , Allison , who discovered the joys of off-licence products and credit card abuse before Norman Lamont was knee high to the Mace , has spilled most of the gravy that has come his way in a life that has brought a different kind of riches . |
| 4 | It has won its way into CAMRA 's Heart of England Beer Festival finals . |
| 5 | Have you ever been on a motorway when somebody has pushed their way in front of you and caused you inconvenience , made you brake ? |
| 6 | These paintings give the sensation that Braque has felt his way visually around each object and examined its relationships with the other objects around it from several viewpoints . |
| 7 | He has winged his way across the world in pursuit of his hobby , a mission that has included Venezuela , Thailand , Africa and Israel among others — with Costa Rica planned for this year . |
| 8 | ‘ Dr Greene has decided my way . |
| 9 | As for us , we have your story , we have a saint who has made her way back to us by strange ways , and we have those who have been friends to her on that journey , and may well believe , as you believe , that the lady has been in control of her own destiny , and choosing her own friends and her own dependants . |
| 10 | It has made its way into the whisky business in the past three years by re-opening the Littlemill and Glen Scotia malt distilleries in Bowling and Campbeltown . |
| 11 | This is the more remarkable since by this time , its mother may have already given birth to another tiny baby that has made its way to the pouch and is fastened on to a teat imbibing milk of a quite different composition . |
| 12 | ‘ In the last few minutes one of the party of missing students — ’ Kath let out her breath on a gust ‘ — has made his way to the surface , and he has told us that there are still two men trapped below here , ’ he announced in the earnest voice of sepulchral doom so favoured by reporters at the scene of an incident . |
| 13 | Unlike many of the towns through which he has bribed his way in his Peugeot from the coast , this one is n't ‘ full of blood ’ . |
| 14 | Perhaps I 'll play The Honey Smugglers ' ‘ Listen ’ just one more time , then snooze off counting the many great records that indie music has thrust our way in the past . |
| 15 | MINDER star Arfur Daley has talked his way into the Oxford English Dictionary , it was revealed yesterday — and it 's thanks to ‘ Er Indoors . |
| 16 | A scattering of maggots or whatever that hits the surface in , say , an 18 inch circle ( which is the least ‘ spread ’ you can hope for ) will spread far more than that by the time the current has had its way with it and it reaches bottom . |
| 17 | Some would argue that the US has had its way . |
| 18 | Despite our beliefs , pain has undermined his strength , he is not undefeatable , God has had his way , if he ever lost it , and Satan has not just fallen , from Heaven to Hell , but has buried himself further into the pit , he has fallen further in trying , once again , to achieve greater height than he deserved . |
| 19 | well , that 's a good point you see somebody who has slogged their way for a decade through messy complicated family litigation or have even represented myself in court in front of a judge in the court of session and one , and I 'm very proud of this I did this last May um I know how tough the going is |
| 20 | TO SOME , Rollins is a cartoon character , Captain Testosterone — the abused child who has over-compensated his way to semi-stardom . |
| 21 | Beverley Brown , a hairdresser from Georgian House Hair Salon , Richmond , has snipped her way through to the Newcastle regional heat of the fourth Young Protege Scholarship , organised by Wella . |
| 22 | ‘ We know how much money from the Freshmen 's Fayre has found its way into your bank account over the years . |
| 23 | This fact , plus the ubiquitous veil of secrecy which covers military matters , has fuelled suspicion that the link has never been thoroughly broken and that plutonium produced in civil reactors has found its way into the military stockpiles . |
| 24 | A common grumble is that all the wealth created by the recent growth has found its way into the trousers of the elite . |
| 25 | As a result during and since the 1960s , sociology degree courses have increased considerably , sociology has found its way into schools , sociologists have been increasingly recognised and consulted by various organisations , from national government downwards , in research programmes , policy planning etc. , and some sociologists have also found fame in the national media . |
| 26 | I think Dispatches has found its way into corners of the agenda that others have n't , and Panorama from time to time hits the right note . |
| 27 | Apart from The Passover Plot , virtually none of this scholarship has found its way into popular consciousness . |
| 28 | Sweden is a case in point ; over £100 million of that country 's wealth has found its way to our shores because Britain 's top rate of tax at 60% makes us a relative tax haven compared with Sweden with a top rate of 100% . |
| 29 | We ought perhaps , however , to add a remark or two about the cornet , as the student may come across scores into which that instrument has found its way ( e.g. Bizet 's Carmen , Stravinsky 's Petrushka , Vaughan Williams 's ‘ London ’ Symphony , Elgar 's Cockaigne Overture ) . |
| 30 | It is the first time , as far as I can see , that what is in effect an opinion poll has found its way into the autumn statement . |