Example sentences of "the way [adv prt] from the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He might have been asking her about the traffic on the way in from the airport . |
| 2 | On the way in from the airport , Hurley had warned him that the back bedroom was full of electronic gear that nobody knew how to use . |
| 3 | , but erm , and I notice that quite often the shelves would be half empty , came here , I would stop on the way back from the school the bank and the butcher 's and the paper shop over the road I could come in quarter to nine and I 'm , you know , I , I was done and I said to my Arnold they 're not going to sell much unless they put some money into filling the shelves surely Spa will back them , and he said I keep on telling them that I keep on saying to them if you do n't put the goods there on display people are going to go over the road to Lipton 's and and |
| 4 | Oh well it was going when I was , you were talking all the way back from the squash club |
| 5 | On the way back from the cemetery he visited Sainsbury 's and bought half a pound of fillet steak , the materials for a green salad and a bottle of champagne . |
| 6 | On the way back from the bathroom , Melissa stopped in front of a cabinet laden with framed photographs . |
| 7 | That morning , the Gaelic voices rose and fell excitedly on the way back from the burn as the three women talked of the news their husbands brought — news of a new born baby on the other side of the island or a death on a neighbouring isle . |
| 8 | having reversed all the way back from the street . |
| 9 | He usually travels well , but he did get a bit upset on the way back from the World Cup final in Gothenburg when we had a very rough crossing . |
| 10 | No I rang on the way back from the bank . |
| 11 | The side of the dusty street facing the sea was lined with houses all the way along from the pier , but it was difficult to know exactly why many of them were there . |
| 12 | He pointed to the second shelf , a third of the way along from the left . |
| 13 | Just a tiny speck about two-thirds of the way out from the centre . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Retribution may be delayed , ’ said Prior Robert , and turned to lead the way out from the scriptorium , his agitated shadow at his heels . |
| 15 | Drill small smart holes and insert screw-eyes about a third of the way down from the picture top . |
| 16 | On the way down from the summit of Broad Peak they passed Greg Child and the ailing Pete Thexton , who was to die in a lower camp that night from pulmonary oedema . |