Example sentences of "[vb past] its way [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It wove its way through the commercial dockside industry of the town which gave place , in time , to acres given over to the cultivation of the motor car in all its stages , new , second-hand and crushed to scrap . |
| 2 | And then , by gum , their debut ‘ House Of Love ’ single bounced its way into the Top Ten . |
| 3 | Pausing just long enough to sweep the old man 's triumphant face with an antagonistic look , Beth turned from them both and went , head high , out of the room and into the hallway , where the late March sunshine found its way through the tall arched windows , and where the air seemed relatively fresh compared to the musty damp smell of the old man 's den . |
| 4 | The latter case found its way on the front page of the Sunday People under the headline BEAUTY QUEEN 'S LIFE OF CRIME Terrorised wife 's story . |
| 5 | But altogether , productivity has almost certainly been lower in services than in manufacturing by a significant margin and this involves a double irony : a major part of the improvement of productivity in manufacturing from the 1960s onwards resulted from a shake-out of labour much of which , in effect , found its way into the lower productivity services . |
| 6 | The essence of pristine Labour policy had of course , and largely through the influence of Tawney , found its way into the official Hadow Report of 1926 : ‘ Selection by differentiation takes the place of selection by elimination . ’ |
| 7 | Everything needing a temporary home found its way into the stable and then became a permanency . |
| 8 | Reference to the production history of Falcon s/n 157 will confirm that the aircraft eventually found its way into the Canadian Armed Forces ( designated " CC117 " ) , where it was operated by the Airborne Sensing Unit ( ASU ) , from Uplands CFB , Ottawa , Ontario . |
| 9 | The first drug to be recognised for its antimalarial effects was quinine , which found its way into the British Pharmacopaea as early as 1677 . |
| 10 | The most famous tin-glazed pottery of Spain was lustre pottery ; it was also exported and found its way into the wealthy households of medieval Europe . |
| 11 | ‘ A lot of it found its way to the Irish Republic . ’ |
| 12 | The bus ground its way through the heavy New York traffic toward the middle of the city . |
| 13 | The area was once covered by a glacier hundreds of feet deep , carving valleys out of rock as it slowly ground its way towards the distant Tasman Sea . |
| 14 | Lindsey watched in fascination as the taxi laboriously made its way along the rising curve of the road taking them into the hills . |
| 15 | As our taxi made its way up the winding road to the north west of the island , we passed immaculate terraces filled with olive and citrus groves beneath which tethered goats grazed happily on the dry clumps of grass . |
| 16 | The small convoy made its way to the fortified barracks , where the Range Rover went through the gates on its own , the armoured escort returning to duty in the scarred city . |
| 17 | The centre was brought to a halt as the procession made its way to the National Parliament . |
| 18 | The invading motorway , the M62 , sliced and slashed its way across the peaceful countryside , separating the lovely old Quaker Farm from some of its pastureland , which is now at the other side of the flyover which almost marks the boundary between Sandholme and Gilberdyke . |
| 19 | Every few minutes the guns would halt as some obstruction worked its way down the long column . |
| 20 | Cars streamed along the Embankment , their headlamps probing the dusk ; a barge slapped its way along the shimmering river . |
| 21 | The sunlight that inched its way into the stale gloom shed a tactless illumination on the threadbare carpets , the worn seats , the peeling gilt decor . |
| 22 | One of them was two metres long and must have had a devastating effect on the plants as it browsed its way through the wet green bogs . |
| 23 | The journey back was a bit dreary as the blacked-out vehicle bumped and rattled its way through the darkened villages and over the long stretches of anonymous countryside . |
| 24 | Huge bales of firewood were strapped to its back , but the donkey forced its way up the steep little path that served as a village street . |
| 25 | It was his gloriously struck header that arrowed its way into the top corner of Leeds ' net to settle that 4th round tie . |
| 26 | If the county council had its way in the Eighties , those now looking forward to the imaginative new scheme would have very little to be happy about . |
| 27 | For the past two days she had been dreading the proximity this trip would involve , but gradually , as the car wound its way along the narrow mountain roads , she could feel herself beginning to relax . |
| 28 | She was about ten yards behind him as the party splashed its way into the swampy grass . |
| 29 | The van laboured its way up the final stretch of the brae , its engine protesting at the strain . |