Example sentences of "to clear a way " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drill is basically designed for drilling holes into extremely hard masonry , usually for some type of fixing , or to clear a way for cables or pipes . |
| 2 | A serious incident was averted , however — although one ‘ threatening individual ’ was detained — and officials managed to clear a way through . |
| 3 | Men went down the main shaft and tried to clear it by shovelling the slurry into tubs which were then hauled to the surface but this was soon abandoned as it was realised that it would take weeks or months to clear a way through to the trapped men . |
| 4 | Soon , he lost track of time and it was after what he judged to be many days , he was heartened to hear , occasionally , the far-off sound of metal on rock as his friends tried to clear a way through to him . |
| 5 | By the time Owen arrived the crowd was sixty deep and he had to get his constables to clear a way through . |