Example sentences of "[pos pn] way [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm quite well , thank you , ’ she said , ‘ but I 'm on my way to visit a friend who is ill . ’ |
| 2 | Over many cups of tea , he succeeded in convincing some of them that I was an English traveller on my way to visit the Amoita in Aussa . |
| 3 | The Crown claim that all three were on their way to plant the bomb under a car . |
| 4 | The authors of Greenpeace 's official history , The Greenpeace Story , go out of their way to refute the slur in their introduction : |
| 5 | As you may remember when the flood bank was built the local residents were very disappointed that Lancashire County Council could not see their way to install a footway along or beside the flood bank . |
| 6 | More shells are passing over our heads on their way to blast the enemy positions , than are coming our way . |
| 7 | Two safebreakers are on their way to open a safe and they have a fight . |
| 8 | On arrival at Sefton Park , we were transported by bus to Church Street , as the late King and Queen would pass through on their way to open the Gladstone Dock . |
| 9 | They have gone out of their way to take the pressure off me . ’ |
| 10 | Two officers in the Volvo , which had its blue light flashing , were on their way to help a colleague being attacked in Romsey , Hants . |
| 11 | But now , at last , they had reached Olbia harbour and , leaving the car in the car park , were on their way to meet the ferry . |
| 12 | They pass a group of boys , a jangling procession , on their way to wash the temple bells in the stream — their annual cleansing and consecration . |
| 13 | Power for Inchbrook Mill came from the Nailsworth Stream , but the little Stream itself rises in the lakes of the Woodchester Valley and originally powered three mills on its way to join the Nailsworth Stream . |
| 14 | The stream , on its way to join the River Ure , has its origins on Abbotside Common and passes through the small hidden village of Cotterdale , a community unseen and unsuspected from the main road , the only access to it branching off as a gated strip of tarmac . |
| 15 | Two quiet roads lead up to the head of the village ; between them , still bubbling with excitement after a remarkable journey from the depths of Gaping Gill , is Clapham Beck , fringed by trees and crossed by five bridges , on its way to join the River Wenning . |
| 16 | Before returning , a look down into the tremendous ravine of Ling Gill below the bridge will reveal a most impressive scene , the beck hurrying along a bouldery bed fringed by trees and cliffs on its way to join the Ribble ; several minor caves have been found and explored along its banks but the rough terrain is a deterrent to walkers who prefer to travel sedately . |
| 17 | The news broadcast had moved on to other matters now ; the loss of contact between Earth Central and a Space Fleet flotilla which had been on its way to intercept a supposed alien fleet near Epsilon Eridani . |
| 18 | The Party has gone out of its way to foster the image of the Armed Forces as guardian of the motherland , school of patriotism and the expression of those qualities that the Party seeks to promote in homo Sovieticus . |
| 19 | With lavish indiscretion the stream was at one point crossed by the baby bridge and , fifty yards further , went underground on its way to feed the sliver of still water called " The Lake " . |
| 20 | Luck , however , was not there when the bridal car broke down on its way to collect the bride . |
| 21 | Marian made a bed of dry bracken for Hugh while Allen lit a fire and fetched water from a brook that ran at the foot of the bank on its way to swell the nightmare of the Swamp . |
| 22 | Marian made a bed of dry bracken for Hugh while Allen lit a fire and fetched water from a brook that ran at the foot of the bank on its way to swell the nightmare of the Swamp . |
| 23 | Perhaps Bruce Kent 's critics should take a leaf out of the book of the nuclear lobby , which goes out of its way to substantiate the case for nuclear power for civil purposes . |
| 24 | Deciding it was right , she left it to swing lightly between her breasts as she sprayed herself with Dune , the new Christian Dior fragrance , on her way to answer the doorbell . |
| 25 | He felt doubtful about patrolling the library precincts to accost Mrs Brocklebank on her way to collect an armful of romance . |
| 26 | The Queen paused briefly to chat with children from the base as she made her way to view a specially prepared static display of the Corps ' role in providing technical and logistical support to the army . |
| 27 | Now she was on her way to see a second cousin , who had the double misfortune of being a cripple and being married to a horrible man . |
| 28 | She is on her way to visit a patient , or teach a group of school children . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , we asked that question to Redd Harvest of the T-H-R agency as the Op was on her way to face a cadre of the Trap Door Spiders . ’ |
| 30 | But on her way to catch the bus to Bodelwyddan little Harriet , from Bryn-y-Baal , near Mold , lost her favourite cuddly toy Winnie the Pooh . |