Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] way to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Ignoring them , I made my way to the Norman castle . |
| 3 | Now I 'm finding it difficult to find my way to the correct place . |
| 4 | Other walkers were struggling up the dusty track , sweating and wheezing their way to the high plateau . |
| 5 | Finally , there were merchants , the men who organized the markets that enabled the corn or flour or bread to find its way to the hungry , the wool to the weaver , fuller and dyer , the cloth to the man who needed a new costume , timber to the shipbuilder , timber and stone to the church . |
| 6 | He and his four fellow sixth formers at Barnard Castle School have won their way to the regional final of a music contest in Newcastle . |
| 7 | ‘ A lot of it found its way to the Irish Republic . ’ |
| 8 | Scarabs , beads , pendants , and ivories found their way to the Minoan temple sites . |
| 9 | It is intriguing to wonder how some of the emigrants found their way to the outlandish places in which they settled , or how Ayrshire names came to be given to spots which are amongst the most isolated on earth . |
| 10 | Religions , cults , sects and mystery schools from other parts of the Empire — notably from Greece , from Syria , from Egypt , from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor — also found their way to the Holy Land , struck roots and flourished . |
| 11 | She eventually found her way to the social services department . |
| 12 | In Washington , US Administration officials said the soldiers — members of the elite Green Berets — feared the rebels had left booby traps behind and waited for Salvadorean troops to work their way to the sixth floor , on which the soldiers were trapped . |
| 13 | Thus the examiner must look at the bottom of the page as well as the top in order to find his way to the new question . |
| 14 | The shop was dimly lit and cluttered but he found his way to the front door which was bolted ; Alfred had not left and could not return that way . |
| 15 | At last they reached Hastings , where Silas found his way to the suburban street of quality homes . |
| 16 | It was in this way that ‘ Helmut Wolski ’ found his way to the British , and through them to Britain and , once in London where jobs were scarce , to a job through an army friend at London Zoo , his family , his past , his very name all gone . |
| 17 | The three Craigavon councillors will wing their way to the deep south and take a trip around the towns of Macon ( Georgia ) , Knoxville ( Tennessee ) and Huntsville ( Alabama ) . |
| 18 | Having passed the green flashing light at the end of the main breakwater and also that of the inner Leon y Castillo mole , both of which are left to starboard , arriving yachts should make their way to the small boat harbour . |
| 19 | First thing in the morning , she would make her way to the big house where she intended to relay everything she had learned . |
| 20 | Finally available in English two years after it scandalised Russia , this is the tale of Irina , a femme fatale who sleeps her way to the top echelons of Moscow high life . |
| 21 | Then she made her way to the Federal Medical Centre in the prison complex at Lexington , Kentucky , in defiant style , cheating the merciless media of a final picture by arriving at 4am . |
| 22 | She went into the house and made her way to the small suite of rooms that Bonard and his staff of two used as offices . |
| 23 | She made her way to the small side gate that opened on to the alley and which in the daytime was kept permanently open so that tradesmen could make their way to the kitchens through the vegetable garden . |
| 24 | Hurriedly , with her head down , she made her way to the nearest entrance that would take her back into the factory . |
| 25 | She made her way to the second floor , her frown deepening as she looked about her , properly taking in her surroundings for the first time . |
| 26 | As she made her way to the blue and white tiled bathroom which was at the other end of the house , there was another clap of thunder and the lightning flashed again . |
| 27 | Then , feeling a strong urge to look at his portrait again , she showered quickly , put on clean undies and an oatmeal skirt and blouse , and made her way to the long gallery . |
| 28 | Miss Fogerty made her way to the only other classroom , and stopped short on the threshold with surprise . |
| 29 | Then she made her way to the little corner grocery shop , five minutes ' walk from Jubilee Street . |
| 30 | She made her way to the old city , the Vieille Ville , with a certain amount of relief . |