Example sentences of "[verb] my way [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Think I 'll make my way over to the big house and see how things are going . ’ |
2 | The whole restaurant cheered me on as I fought my way out into the night . |
3 | I made my way up to the lobby with those final two words of hers ringing around inside my head , and all sorts of other doctor phrases started to enter my mind — people calling me Doctor Streeter , popular songs with the word doctor in them — and then all of a sudden I started to cry . |
4 | I decided to visit the Marines that evening and , after thanking Mick for his hospitality , made my way back to the orchard , thinking that as I had visited each Commando unit each day when we were in England , why not now that we were in France ? |
5 | I made my way back to the orchard at Brigade H.Q , the time about 12.30 a.m . |
6 | I got up from the grass and made my way back to the orchard as Jerry started to drop his shells in the dust cloud left in the wake of the speeding jeeps . |
7 | I saluted him and then made my way back to the farmyard and the comparative safety of the farm buildings . |
8 | When I asked if I might walk through the camp and look at the castle from the other side , Cinderella looked distressed , so I said ‘ never mind ’ and made my way back to the stone stile . |
9 | As I made my way back to the Métro I felt a sort of heightened awareness . |
10 | The farmer sent him to keep a flock of larks off a field that had just been set with winter corn : ‘ It was late November or early December ; and when it got dark about half past four time I made my way back to the farm thinking my job was done . |
11 | I made my way back to the cockpit . |
12 | Abashed , I made my way back to the Holiday Inn . |
13 | As I made my way back along the road I noticed that the ditches on both sides of the road contained dead British and German soldiers . |
14 | Instead , I made my way back along the sand , watching some evidently exhilarated surfers . |
15 | Placing the bagpipes in my rucksack I made my way back across the green to the orchard , expecting a summons at any moment to appear before Shimi Lovat . |
16 | I made my way down into the tube station and on towards the Circle Line . |
17 | I made my way down into the bay . |
18 | I made my way down towards the causeway . |
19 | One night , bumping into the doorway , and stepping over a colleague , I made my way out into the sleet , the toilets all being occupied , and as I crouched , steadying my cheek against the cold planks , I peered through the reeking shadows of Auschwitz and saw that the nearest ruins were fuming more than ever and had even begun to glow . |
20 | I found the whisky , let myself out of the cellar and locked it , turned all the lights out , gave Mrs McSpadden the bottle , accepted a belated new-year kiss from her , then made my way out through the kitchen and the corridor and the crowded hall where the music sounded loud and people were laughing , and out through the now almost empty entrance hall and down the steps of the castle and down the driveway and down to Gallanach , where I walked along the esplanade — occasionally having to wave or say ‘ Happy New Year ’ to various people I did n't know — until I got to the old railway pier and then the harbour , where I sat on the quayside , legs dangling , drinking my whisky and watching a couple of swans glide on black , still water , to the distant sound of highland jigs coming from the Steam Packet Hotel , and singing and happy-new-year shouts echoing in the streets of the town , and the occasional sniff as my nose watered in sympathy with my eyes . |
21 | At about 7.30 p.m. , after two and a half hours ' sleep curled up on the floor of the trench , I made my way out of the orchard and on to the road . |
22 | I put my glass down on the nearest table and made my way out of the room . |
23 | I had thought that , if the worst came to the worst , I could always follow the hillside and make my way down to the bottom . |
24 | I take a look in the file as I make my way down to the main entrance . |
25 | I had no way of telling what time it was , but surely it might soon be possible for me to escape from my desert island and make my way back to the cottage and a warm bed . |
26 | I locked the Transit — you can take peace , harmony and sisterly love just so far — and threaded my way back through the tents to the fire Melanie had lit near the clapped-out bus without wheels . |
27 | As I squelched my way back round the lochan 's edge towards the road , I saw the diver . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | Stupidly I got lost trying to find my way back to the hotel and Signor Lorenzo came to my assistance . ’ |