Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] on the way " in BNC.

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1 You are scared to pass me on the way to the stairs ? ’ he grated .
2 ‘ His condition was obvious and they must have decided to pull him on the way home . ’
3 As Ted 's star began to wane , John became the Palace 's leading scorer , to set them on the way to higher things and immediately topped our scoring chart again in our first season in Division Two , 1921–22 .
4 It was good enough however to set her on the way to winning vital experience — and other roles soon followed .
5 Typical of Geoff 's talent was the opening goal he scored to set us on the way to a Wembley victory over Everton in the Zenith Data Systems Cup Final in April 1991 , cleaving his way though The Toffees ' defence to head home from a corner and , perhaps partly because of Palace 's and Geoff 's success at Wembley , he was awarded his first full International cap when England travelled to Turkey for the European Nations Championship tie on May Day 1991 .
6 ‘ The best chance would have been to grab her on the way in , ’ the man said .
7 At the last meeting of the committee I did in fact congratulate the director and his staff for the way in which community care had been implemented current year and I 'd certainly like to congratulate him on the way he 's presented er proposals for next year .
8 ‘ If you would n't mind coming along to light us on the way back ?
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