Example sentences of "[verb] her way [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using a heavy Tesco bag to help batter her way through the TV crews and a gaggle of amused onlookers , she reached the National Westminster Bank just after water privatisation 's witching hour of 10am . |
| 2 | A woman tricked her way into an elderly woman 's Co Down home and stole money , police revealed today . |
| 3 | She found herself hurrying unnecessarily , weaving her way through the groups of people that drifted along the narrow paths , side-stepping the large and opulent prams that were moored to benches where smug mothers sat knitting and staring , dodging the children who chased each other in and out of the grown-ups ' legs . |
| 4 | Fran hurried across the street , weaving her way between the busy traffic towards the underground car park favoured by the staff at the radio station . |
| 5 | Rachaela left Alice and wove her way through the house to the library . |
| 6 | She may start to release her emotions fully during or after the service , or she may go through all the ritual connected with it in a daze , but sooner or later it can be expected that the flood-gates of her grief will open and she will then begin to work her way through the multiplicity of problems that lie ahead of her . |
| 7 | She had to work her way up the system again , but decided to stay a rung below that which she had previously reached . |
| 8 | But luck had come her way at the very last moment . |
| 9 | Groping her way into the sleeves , Nicandra wondered uneasily what these unusual indulgences portended . |
| 10 | She heard his sigh of impatience , and squeezed past the speaker , groping her way through the darkness to his side . |
| 11 | While we watched , Annabel wormed her way into the circle around Kezia with a plate of smoked salmon sandwiches . |
| 12 | She wormed her way under the fence where the wire had burst from its pegs . |
| 13 | Dragging her mind back to the matter in hand , and mumbling apologies , she wormed her way to the reception desk . |
| 14 | By evening she had picked her way down the cliff to the rocky ledges at the water 's edge , and was the object of interest of two seals , who popped their whiskery noses up from time to time to observe her . |
| 15 | Desperation to escape also helped her to find her way through the labyrinth of passageways , up to her room on the second floor . |
| 16 | But as she reached him the vision shimmered and disappeared and she was alone , stumbling as she tried to find her way through the shadows of a forest , mist cloaking the branches of the trees . |
| 17 | It occurred to her later , when she was in the westbound Central Line train , but not then , not when she was trying to find her way to the interchange . |
| 18 | She was endeavouring to find her way to the courtyard when , reaching the end of one of the wide corridors , she found herself in a long gallery lined with portraits . |
| 19 | To realise this , it is necessary , that Comrade Winnie Mandela is helped to find her way into the structures and discipline of the Mass Democratic Movement . |
| 20 | She lugged her case up the wrong stairway , came out facing the open lough , had to find her way around the superstructure . |
| 21 | She found her way up the lane quite well , for it was n't very dark . |
| 22 | Dubois went to investigate a spacious bedroom , while Ace found her way into a study situated off the lounge . |
| 23 | She eventually found her way to the social services department . |
| 24 | She found her way to the kitchen . |
| 25 | Impulsively , and without changing from the pale blue uniform she had put on this morning , since she did n't know how Faye wanted her new nurse to dress , Belinda found her way to the kitchen where the housekeeper , Mrs Porter , was creating deliciously savoury aromas as she cooked a three-course evening meal that was carefully balanced with Faye 's special needs in mind . |
| 26 | One night she found her way to the chamber of a suitor who was staying with the family . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not listening , ’ said Joe , at which point a middle-aged woman came in , found her way through the maze and reached the counter . |
| 28 | Mrs Rae had muttered and moaned her way up the stone stairs . |
| 29 | The lamp-post that welcomed travellers to the inn had long lost its cursory flame , and she had neither candle nor lantern to light her way through the darkened streets . |
| 30 | She might even be weaving a spell to tangle her feet or make her lose her way in the wood ! |