Example sentences of "on [pron] way " in BNC.

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1 Mind you , when our Daniel come in now and then to visit they thowt I was on me way out too , wi't dog-collar , and that , dog-collars in them places meaning Death …
2 ‘ Aah doubts but he 's on 'is way ti ’ meet 'is Maker .
3 That Arthur 'ad stopped at a pub on 'is way to the church , 'e said 'e needed fortifyin' , and 'im and 'is best man both went in the pub an' stayed there a lot longer than they should of .
4 She caught me on my way to the back door .
5 ‘ OK baby , let's roll , ’ I said , and with a roar and a lurch , I was on my way .
6 Soon I was round the corner again and on my way back to the station .
7 In no time at all it jerked forward , and there I was , on my way .
8 I started on my way to the West End .
9 ‘ I think I 'll start on my way north . ’
10 On my way to the District and Circle platform I pass a notice stating that an escalator is out of service .
11 On my way to my London flat , as I walk through a passageway leading from the Strand to Charing Cross underground station , I pass two young men sitting on a sheet on the floor and begging .
12 On my way to an engagement in Bracknell .
13 On my way through the village I met a member of the French Commando .
14 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 .
15 ‘ I reckon you need your beauty sleep , so I 'll be on my way . ’
16 I met Miss Fanshawe on my way in . ’
17 As I walk through Mountain Ash on my way to my Saturday surgery , people call out on the street .
18 But I thought I was on my way out of the door anyway .
19 I 'm going to get something at the pub on my way home .
20 No , it 's no bother , it 's on my way home .
21 I judge that in the time it takes the lift to creep the height of the building I have to be out the door and on my way .
22 On my way out , I pass sealed-off wards , under-used equipment and dingy staff accommodation , the shameful — because unnecessary — stigmata of the Nineties NHS .
23 ‘ I met Mrs Wright on my way to the library , ’ said Philip .
24 About ten years later , in 1980 I think , I revisited Salamanca , on my way back from Lisbon .
25 I remember walking through the bus station on my way home .
26 Right you are , ’ Stanley was saying , ‘ I 'm on my way . ’
27 I passed the house on my way from Tibbetts , I saw the ambulance , a navy-blue one .
28 On my way out , I encountered a dignified , round-faced tinker grandmother , a big lady in a shawl and long dress that swept the ground .
29 There was something bookish and appealing about the old lady , but we had no time to get acquainted , for brisk Mary pointed me on my way .
30 Browsing on my way , I dipped into shop after little shop .
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