Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pos pn] way to the " in BNC.

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1 They were both Londoners so this cheered me up no end , and we were soon making our way to the Mess for supper and then up to the office for me to meet some of the others .
2 But as soon as it is dusk , the soil becomes alive with toads frantically digging their way to the surface .
3 Modern scholars have found proof that from here they continued to withdraw north-eastwards , groups of them eventually making their way to the vicinity of the Tigris-Euphrates basin , the region which now constitutes the border between Syria and Iraq .
4 He carried on , eventually finding his way to the street .
5 The third , Vulcanian phase , also probably reflects this de-gassing process , with gas escaping from the magma below accumulating in the higher parts of the volcano , and then blasting its way to the surface .
6 Yet , stirring at the back of her mind and insistently pushing its way to the fore , the ungovernable curiosity that had in the past led her into strange , sometimes dangerous but often exciting situations was threatening to override her common sense .
7 The princess , wearing a red jacket and black skirt and hat , was spotted soon afterwards making her way to the paddock , chatting happily with Andrew Parker Bowles , husband of the Prince of Wales ' friend Camilla , who was not seen at the meeting .
8 He is quietly working his way to the top as a referee — and he is just 18 months away from landing his first League fixture .
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