Example sentences of "[be] on the [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you 're on the road to Wembley there 's always a song and a new suit … for the fans … |
| 2 | A red national flag was chosen , no alliances with non-party forces were envisaged , the country was said to be on the road to socialism . |
| 3 | ‘ When they get that Chunnel going we 'll be on the mainline to Glasgow , right from Paris . |
| 4 | But you 'll have to ring Malcolm and tell him Geoff because he 'll be on the phone to Miriam . |
| 5 | I do n't know , although if I were a rich rock star I 'd probably be on the phone to Mr. Manson before you could say ‘ creative accounting ’ . |
| 6 | London Irish were horrified at the decision … the cherry and whites happy to be on the way to victory … |
| 7 | There 's talk on team talk today that Anthony Dorigo could be on the move to Sheff . |
| 8 | Nobody exactly dominated England 's middle order , so I 'm still confident he 'll be on the plane to India , and I would like to think that Nick Speak , Graham Lloyd and Peter Martin will be on the ‘ A ’ tour . |
| 9 | ‘ I suspect we are on the way to recovery and coming out of recession . |
| 10 | For his part , Maurice Strong declared that the summit had reached " agreement without sufficient commitment " , and concluded : " I believe that we are on the road to tragedy . " |
| 11 | I think you can see we are on the road to recovery . |
| 12 | So I think you can now see that we are on the road to recovery , ’ he said . |
| 13 | More recently I have been on the phone to Minsk , Nottingham 's twin town , in connection with the Lord Mayor 's appeal for aid to the victims of Chernobyl . |
| 14 | I 've been on the telephone to people ! |
| 15 | Presumbly Kev had been on the hotline to Wilko at half time and told him to get back to 4–4-2 asap ! |
| 16 | ‘ Is your sister expecting you at a specific time ? ’ asked Penry when they were on the way to Haverfordwest at last . |
| 17 | We 'll go as far as Coachford — that 's on the way to Gougane . |
| 18 | Fortunately , there had been time to buy a half bottle of Bell 's on the way to Paddington . |
| 19 | At 40 , he knows he 's on the road to fortune and admits to spending more time talking with journalists than working over hot ovens in the kitchen . |
| 20 | It 's on the road to Westmead . |
| 21 | He has been idolised by fictional characters from Dean Moriarty in Kerouac 's On the Road to Barley in Le Carre 's The Russia House , and he is one of only two people looked up to by Miles Davis . |
| 22 | Tonight she 's on the flight to New York , although Virgin Atlantic flies to seven international cities and is now the biggest part of the Virgin group . |
| 23 | At the same time , a number of leading liberal church leaders in Northern Ireland became involved in negotiations with the IRA to establish a cease-fire.s Thus the conservative Protestant critic of the ecumenical movement can equate ecumenism and terrorism and , given that the ecumenical movement is on the road to Rome , Rome can be equated with the IRA . |
| 24 | UNIVERSITY of Ulster girl Sharon Cunningham is on the road to Rio . |
| 25 | An injured swan is on the road to recovery — thanks to the ancient oriental science of acupuncture . |
| 26 | Oxfam says the country is on the road to recovery . |
| 27 | Gwen is on the road to recovery , and they plan a West Indies holiday together — after a year of painful radiotherapy and chemotherapy . |
| 28 | So , at the age of 31 , instead of standing in court in a pinstripe making pleas in mitigation for the Saturday night disorderly drunks , he is on the road to fame , suitcase and guitar in hand . |
| 29 | A Permit to film is on the way to OUP . |
| 30 | DARLINGTON boss Ray Hankin has denied that his former Leeds teammate Tony Currie is on the way to Feethams . |