Example sentences of "way [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made his way slowly along the dust track as rickets had disabled his knees and the only way he could move was to shuffle his bare feet slowly along the hard-packed mud track . |
| 2 | Miranda sniffed the heavy scent of the lilies ; in the flower room beyond the bar , she could hear Elinor and Buzz talking as they made their way slowly into the summer salon . |
| 3 | Kate was peering out of the windows as they bumped their way on to a farm track and back to the house . |
| 4 | Another of her unattached friends who always seemed to find their way on to the invitation list whenever she was certain he would be at one of her soirees . |
| 5 | Redknapp , son of West Ham assistant boss Harry , has forced his way on to the England scene after establishing himself in the Liverpool side this season . |
| 6 | A seasoned assessor will soon spot someone who is not taking an active and full part in the activity and it will be regarded as no better than trying to force your way on to the centre stage . |
| 7 | ‘ Hold her steady , ’ he told Gomez and made his way on to the cabin top . |
| 8 | For most of us , the turkey is as traditional as mince pies , but the story of how it found its way on to the Christmas table is an interesting one . |
| 9 | A little way up-river near the town centre is the fine Customs House , built in 1683 . |
| 10 | A way in through the stage door |
| 11 | Oh about erm three feet deep I reckon they were , I mean to load up er eight hundred tonnes , which we average these hoppers out at , er er we were getting a good soil we 'd load up eight hundred tonne in an hour and a half to two hours , between hour and a half to two hours we 'd be loaded , that 's all depend on what you was dredging , you might be interested in and , and go quicker , if you were dredging greenfly that 's be alright you 'd , if you dredged peat well that hopper would be full but it would n't be half lo it 'd be half loaded you see , be half way down to the plimsoll mark . |
| 12 | Laughing and joking , they left their bags there and made their way down to the tap room where the landlord 's wife served them huge fish pies , the crust , golden and crisp , hiding a savoury sauce which dulled the flavour of the rancid fish . |
| 13 | As design technology filters its way down to the kitchen canopy world and standards of hygiene improve , how will we resp ; ond ? |
| 14 | In the liassic rocks of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire fossil dragonflies have been found which are not very different from those still hawking along the streams which cut their way through those same rocks on their way down to the Severn estuary and the sea . |
| 15 | We 'll make our way down to the post box first , and then we 'll come back and get bits and pieces on the way Christopher . |
| 16 | The playmaster had to walk all the way down to the end ladder before he could climb up on to the stage . |
| 17 | Maybe he would n't be bringing the certificate today , but then again in ten minutes ' time Sampson could be on his way down to the police station with an open envelope . |
| 18 | ‘ I am on my way down to the reprocessing area . |
| 19 | Iago dug his heels into his fat pony 's ribs , and took the shortest way down into the Dee valley , riding hard for Shrewsbury . |
| 20 | I made my way down into the tube station and on towards the Circle Line . |
| 21 | I stood transfixed as two of them shot down the Glacier des Grands Montets carving beautiful turns all the way down beneath the north face of the Drus . |
| 22 | The great Aboriginal winger , Chicka Ferguson , was on the wing with Canberra , and in the last minutes , when Balmain had already sent their two most powerful forwards off , and when Bob Hawke was already on his way down from the VIP box to present the shield to Balmain , Chicka scored a wonderfully impossible weaving and kinking try to tie the game . |
| 23 | Drill small smart holes and insert screw-eyes about a third of the way down from the picture top . |
| 24 | Then she had made her way swiftly across the hotel lobby and out into the car park where she 'd left her little Mini . |
| 25 | ‘ But we had to go all the way along to the badger tunnel and there were no proper tracks . |
| 26 | The Duke held up his branch like a banner and began to lead the way along to the east gate , but a large part of the crowd stayed in a half-circle round the group at the table , as though waiting for the victor 's crow in the cockfight . |
| 27 | The juniors ' sports mistress , with sturdy thighs and a too tight tee-shirt , paused on her way over to the rugby field and smiled down at Clarissa who was sleepily opening her eyes . |
| 28 | The few formalities over , she gathered up her luggage and made her way outside into the baking sun . |
| 29 | Marcus turned to the bar and ruthlessly elbowed his way through to the pole position . |
| 30 | He pushed his way through to the box office and thrust a handful of money through the window . |