Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] way " in BNC.

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1 The third frame begins to go my way .
2 I am about to lose my way .
3 And I was frightened , I tell you , when I was left alone in the crypt , with a single candle to light my way , and discerned gradually , as my eyes grew accustomed to the dark , the subjects of the Prince 's experiments , standing upright , sentinels at each wall of the chamber , with glittering eyes and teeth .
4 The evening was now getting dark , but light enough to see my way .
5 By a week before Christmas , I was beginning to see my way across the spare bedroom at home , or the stockroom as my other half styles it , and light at the end of the tunnel .
6 I seemed all set to continue my way to the top outdoors , but as it turned out , the highlight of my summer was getting my photograph in Athletics Weekly , the bible of the sport , for the first time .
7 I did not know Salisbury well enough — Wendy did not know it at all — to grope my way to an hotel ( and , anyhow , we feared we had not enough money for a bed ) .
8 My eyes gradually became accustomed to the gloom , and I managed to grope my way to the station .
9 ‘ I may need you to show me where things are , ’ she turned to Jill , ‘ but the rest I can manage , even if I have to bluff my way through . ’
10 Dear Harsnet , he wrote , it has taken me longer than I had at first anticipated to work my way through the manuscript you .
11 But , playing through the amp , I began to realise how daft it was sitting up in my bedroom by myself with it , trying to work my way through tunes .
12 ‘ I had to work my way through medical school , ’ he told her .
13 I realize that I need to work my way through the next passages with care and delicacy .
14 It took me about ten days to work my way into it , after that I found it very acceptable .
15 H — ‘ I ca n't find time to work my way through that ! ’
16 I did n't have any more whiskey as I needed to think , so I made even more tea and settled on the chair again by the fire , lit a cigarette and started to work my way through the file again .
17 I 'm trying to work my way to the end .
18 I get the feeling that I begin to know my way around , to know at least most of the chess moves of it .
19 I get the feeling that I begin to know my way round , to know that at least most of the chess moves of it .
20 But it was very trying and I do n't know if it was like a part of me that was being grabbing or trying to weasel my way into David 's affections .
21 In a larger building , like that in which I work , I would have to store a lot of instructions of the above kind in order to find my way about .
22 Retracing my steps , I realized with a shock that I was no more able to find my way back to the village than I 'd been able to find the place we 'd been raking .
23 The point is that this is where Camus lived and I made the effort to find my way here .
24 Now I 'm finding it difficult to find my way to the correct place .
25 I had to walk out into the street to find my way home as if nothing had happened . ’
26 But when I later tried to find my way back to the dining-room to finish my meal , which should have been a simple thing to do , I just could not locate it at all .
27 I waited in the kitchen until it was light enough outside for me to find my way through the deep snow back to Thrushcross Grange .
28 Yes I do I 'm moving on I 've got to find my way to somewhere else now .
29 Stupidly I got lost trying to find my way back to the hotel and Signor Lorenzo came to my assistance . ’
30 ‘ No , I was trying to find my way into the garden . ’
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