Example sentences of "[pron] way [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I edged along the curtain in the upstream direction of the shut door and by hauling my way up the links at the side managed to scramble round the boathouse wall and up out of the water to roll at last onto the grassy bank . |
| 2 | Late one afternoon on my way to the kennels with the dogs ' bowls I passed the lighted kitchen window and stopped because I heard his voice . |
| 3 | ‘ Activity' seems to be one car — all I see as I meander my way through the hills above the lonely hamlet of Núpur. beyond it is the biggest fish-drying frame I have so far seen , with overflow fish hung on a wire fence alongside . |
| 4 | I made my way through the crowds to Farr 's in Brown Street , managed to get right up to the entrance and poke my head around the door to see what was going on . |
| 5 | I made my way through the trees to the farmyard , four Commandos were stacking ammunition against the farmhouse wall . |
| 6 | The German mortars were exploding on the other side of the wood as I clambered out of the trench and made my way through the trees in the direction of the road . |
| 7 | As I made my way through the trees in the direction of the village and Brigade H.Q there were several loud explosions a short distance away to my right , followed by a loud burst of automatic fire . |
| 8 | I collected up the pipes and made my way through the trees in the direction of NO. 3 Commando . |
| 9 | I lay on the ground for a few more moments , then continued on my way through the trees in the direction of Brigade Headquarters , pondering on the likely thoughts of Colonel Peter Young and his three Officers back there on the hill . |
| 10 | Now , with the torch beam sectioning the darkness above and behind me– I gratefully entered the dark cleft and began to pick my way over the lumps of rubble and mortar beneath my feet . |
| 11 | But I have n't got a girl , and I push my way among the couples along the narrow gangway like a wandering voyeur . |
| 12 | My feet skitter their way across the surfaces with a detailed sensation normally reserved for my fingers . |
| 13 | Many went to Paris to find work , but after the fall of France they began making their way to the cities of the south , where they could live in safety . |
| 14 | We used to see the men-at-arms , the crossbow men on their way to the ports for the crossing to France , then we 'd watch them return laden with booty . |
| 15 | It is a warm Saturday towards the end of the 1989–90 season , leagues are being decided , the unfortunates are being relegated and Scotland 's itinerant football fans are weaving their way to the citadels of Brechin , Forfar , and Cowdenbeath . |
| 16 | It is in these prodigies of imitative art that Godwin discerns one of his social bridges , for he regards the love of art , exhibited even by the most miserable , as ‘ agreeable and cheering … evidence of striving upwards ’ , even though the former ‘ barbaric favourites ’ of the middle classes that have found their way to the firesides of the poor are not art ‘ of a very refined character ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He described how one of the monks , Brother Camille Mabilais , hid retreating British airmen who failed to make their way to the boats at Dunkirk . |
| 19 | He barred their way to the shores of the island . |
| 20 | He also said that the envelope the Brownie had kindly picked up had dropped from the Earl 's pocket without being noticed by him , and that as the Brownie was so kind as to share her sweets with him the Earl was sending a tin of his own , which he felt sure from what he had seen of this Brownie would find their way into the mouths of all the other Brownies in the Pack too . |
| 21 | Cheryl Baker and the team from BBC1 's Eggs 'n' Baker join cookery editor Linda Fraser to see how delicious dishes find their way into the pages of BBC Good Food |
| 22 | By contrast , ‘ moral collapse ’ or synonyms for such a phrase rarely find their way into the accounts of the period provided by ‘ liberal-historians ’ . |
| 23 | Since there are inadequate ‘ real ’ savings to be found in the non-bank private sector , these bills and bonds inevitably find their way into the hands of the banks . |
| 24 | Back on the pitch , the Warblers , who had suffered a surprise 22–16 defeat in their quarter-final pool at the hands of a spirited Irish Wolfhounds outfit fired by scrum-half Alain Rolland , hauled their way into the semi-finals with wins over the Portuguese Barbarians and the Froggies . |
| 25 | The thieves have been forcing their way into the homes of elderly people , holding them down while searching for their savings . |
| 26 | They ransacked the offices of the two main opposition parties and smashed their way into the offices of the leading opposition newspaper , Romania Libera , demanding that it be closed . |
| 27 | Cuckoo-bees make their way into the nests of other kinds of bees and leave their eggs there to be tended and reared by others . |
| 28 | Chebrikov was particularly scathing about the ‘ informal groups ’ that had been attracting public attention , warning that ‘ extremist elements ’ had worked their way into the leaderships of some of them and that they were encouraging them to engage in actions ‘ objectively against the interests of our society ’ . |
| 29 | Griffons , chimera and other monsters find their way into the hinterlands of the Inner Kingdoms where they are hunted for sport or captured as war mounts by the High Elves . |
| 30 | Now these slimey invertibrates have wormed their way into the affections of environmentalists . |