Example sentences of "his way around " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | From behind the ruched net curtains , she could see him plodding his way around the green . |
| 2 | He knows his way around the course and , with any luck , I felt the ground would come up soft . |
| 3 | The navigator was a young sergeant named Mike Sadler who had emigrated to Rhodesia before the war and who was arguably the best at finding his way around the Libyan desert . |
| 4 | Armed with his Bumper Fun Book , the minister of Dunlop joked his way around the world at various functions . |
| 5 | Mark Thwaites is to pound his way around the capital on April 12th in an effort to raise more than £1,000 for the charity Tusk Force . |
| 6 | I remember a student who dropped into our home two years ago on his way around Europe . |
| 7 | King for a play : Loz finds his way around those ‘ difficult ’ arrangements |
| 8 | The concepts which it assumes as self-evident , until persistent failure to solve a problem calls attention to them , appear to an outsider as strange metaphorical structures to be examined and re-examined as he learns to find his way around the conceptual scheme . |
| 9 | Mr Pearse first arrived at Poultry on a Friday afternoon and struggled to find his way around the quiet corridors and closed doors . |
| 10 | A small man whose charm belied his determination , he had proved his abilities in action in France , and — what was probably more important at this stage of the commandos ' ill-fortunes — he knew his way around the Whitehall ministries . |
| 11 | He opened the connecting door to the garage and stepped quickly into the darkness , feeling his way around the car and to the sliding door , which he moved open a few inches , allowing himself to slip out into the night . |
| 12 | With no preparation , he blasted his way around the monster 7,289-yard course in a superb 69 . |
| 13 | After confidently navigating his way around the storms , John arrived safely at Southend Airport , Essex , to clear Customs before flying on to Duxford . |
| 14 | With Pilger out of the way , Sutton began to find his way around the organization on his own . |
| 15 | Knows his way around The Guardian crossword . |
| 16 | If the adventurers can trick him into believing that , for example , his Master is in danger and they are here to help , then Gerd will be very eager to assist them , and he does know his way around the dungeons rather well . |
| 17 | On the following day Jack still seemed to be sleep-walking his way around the course and I was not surprised when he visited the water a couple of times and eventually handed in a score of two over par . |
| 18 | With that connection his collection began in earnest because Glackens knew his way around the prevailing cutting edge , mainly through his friendship with Gertrude and Leo Stein . |
| 19 | I enjoyed riding and Smoke knew his way around the island very well . |
| 20 | He picked his way around the smoking wreckage of the Chelonian tanks . |
| 21 | Rodomonte picked his way around them cautiously . |
| 22 | From what Pavel had said earlier he was working his way around the country , from station to station , leaving exactly the same message at each . |
| 23 | For he is convinced he knows his way around better than anyone else on earth . |
| 24 | Jotan was feeling his way around one wall . |
| 25 | He disliked the estate car almost as much as the Suffolk Punch , which was why he preferred to make his way around the streets of Dynmouth on a bicycle . |
| 26 | He was — interesting , and looked as though he knew his way around the world both backwards and forwards , including the inside of a lady 's bedroom — not that she was intending to let him inside her bedroom , but it might be fun to indulge in a little flirtation , might n't it ? |
| 27 | The people of Wales are tired of observing him whingeing and whining his way around Wales . |
| 28 | In addition to machine advantage , Mitchell knows his way around the North West course , having won here in ‘ 84 and ‘ 89 . |
| 29 | By the time that man gets to Riga he will know his way around the town and every detail of his life from the day his father gave him a light-brown teddy-bear , to the movie show he watched last night . |
| 30 | He read the game appallingly , was caught out several times , and chuffed his way around the back right like a horse that was due for the knackers yard . |