Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pron] way to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were both Londoners so this cheered me up no end , and we were soon making our way to the Mess for supper and then up to the office for me to meet some of the others . |
| 2 | But as soon as it is dusk , the soil becomes alive with toads frantically digging their way to the surface . |
| 3 | ‘ Expanding Emporio is the most important aspect of my business plan for the next five years , ’ says the maestro , confidently plotting his way to a bright future as less resilient designers wring their hands or close shop . |
| 4 | YOUNG ballerinas from Polam Hall School in Darlington received high praise for high kicking their way to 100pc success in dance exams . |
| 5 | Modern scholars have found proof that from here they continued to withdraw north-eastwards , groups of them eventually making their way to the vicinity of the Tigris-Euphrates basin , the region which now constitutes the border between Syria and Iraq . |
| 6 | He carried on , eventually finding his way to the street . |
| 7 | The third , Vulcanian phase , also probably reflects this de-gassing process , with gas escaping from the magma below accumulating in the higher parts of the volcano , and then blasting its way to the surface . |
| 8 | Yet , stirring at the back of her mind and insistently pushing its way to the fore , the ungovernable curiosity that had in the past led her into strange , sometimes dangerous but often exciting situations was threatening to override her common sense . |
| 9 | The princess , wearing a red jacket and black skirt and hat , was spotted soon afterwards making her way to the paddock , chatting happily with Andrew Parker Bowles , husband of the Prince of Wales ' friend Camilla , who was not seen at the meeting . |
| 10 | The two fourth prizes of £50 Sioux 2 sleeping bags are speedily making their way to C Brown of Oncham , Isle of Man and K Fairbanks of Nether Edge , Sheffield . |
| 11 | He is quietly working his way to the top as a referee — and he is just 18 months away from landing his first League fixture . |