Example sentences of "[verb] their way [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other walkers were struggling up the dusty track , sweating and wheezing their way to the high plateau . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | So they have to find their way into the international financial system , where they can be given a veneer of legality . |
| 4 | Both powerplants are unlikely to find their way into the five-door shell . |
| 5 | With industries and jobs disappearing around them as they still try to find their way in the new Germany , many east Germans find it comforting to enjoy some harmless fun where , for once , they get the upper hand . |
| 6 | Indeed the ability of the newcomers to find their way around the local political system has often prompted the improvement of other rural amenities , albeit on a highly selective basis . |
| 7 | When they were n't , we rafting rookies would leave the boats and watch the guides skilfully manoeuvre their way through the thundering foam . |
| 8 | Others , on the judge delegate courts , found their way through the Five Compilations into the Decretales of 1234 . |
| 9 | Later , of course , engines of the Stirling and Ivatt vintage found their way down the single line branch . |
| 10 | Scarabs , beads , pendants , and ivories found their way to the Minoan temple sites . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Others found their way into the western reaches of Argyll , also using shore caves as a base from which they went out seasonally fishing , hunting and gathering fruit , nuts and birds ' eggs . |
| 14 | Some of its recommendations were accepted and found their way into the Legal Aid Act 1988 . |
| 15 | The rivermen were finding it hard ; the scramble for work was becoming more and more intense as family debts grew and many valued and treasured items found their way into the local pawnshops . |
| 16 | Birkenhead , Wirral 's principal town , was dubbed ‘ Smack City ’ by The Observer and apocryphal stories about heroin in school dinners and 5 wraps in ice-cream cornets on sale outside primary schools , first constructed in the popular Press , soon found their way into the worthy Times Educational Supplement ( 9 March 1984 ) . |
| 17 | The principal movements that found their way into the full orchestral suite have ben heard too often to allow much deviation in interpretation , but in the other , rarer music , Pons is far freer with his tempi than Izquierdo , possibly because there is no narration overlaying the music . |
| 18 | That was no exaggeration , Ronni soon discovered , as fifteen minutes later they were winding their way through the narrow , colourful streets of the walled city of Alghero to climb a hill to a cliff-top where they were suddenly confronted by a breath-taking panorama of endless blue sea . |
| 19 | The Old Town harbours a sundry collection of churches , mansions , synagogues , palaces and mosques , winding their way around the narrow lanes and hidden nooks , beckoning the adventurer into the shadows . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Moreover , once imbalances have been created , they tend to work their way through the higher age groups in situ . |
| 22 | 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 ) . |
| 23 | As their demand for more food arises the young ferrets will then make their way towards the fresh meat , taking a great interest in it . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Dozens of the cars will wind their way around the scenic coastline on Friday . |
| 26 | Judges have a hard time trying to thread their way through the labyrinthine case law . |
| 27 | The few songs that The Wedding Present released in 1988 made their way into the various end of year charts . |
| 28 | Wright , full of vigour and invention , was the motivating force as the Gunners made their way into the next round , where they must travel to Scarborough two days before Christmas . |
| 29 | The grass was wet and thick near the stream and they made their way up the opposite slope , looking for drier ground . |
| 30 | They made their way through the thinning trees , the moonlight touching the grass with silver , seeing the shadows changing as they neared the forest 's edge , becoming thinner , less mysterious , more like ordinary shadows that lay across ordinary roads at night . |