Example sentences of "on [pron] way [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I walk out of the house and through the square on my way to a final peaceful meditation at my favourite bay view in trigo cebada , the young man from last night comes out of a doorway with a large cassette in his arms . |
| 2 | Whenever I go in a minicab on my way to a radio or television programme — the companies are kind enough to take us in a car — I end up discussing with the driver how he has come to Britain in the fairly recent past and now has a job driving round London . |
| 3 | ‘ I was just on my way to a meeting . ’ |
| 4 | X-15 rocket-powered aircraft , launched from Boeing B-51 ‘ mother ship ’ screams through the sky on its way to a top speed of 4104mph |
| 5 | First $630,000 production Cizeta V16 is on its way to a customer in Singapore |
| 6 | Interviews have now been held in Categories I and III of this year 's Building Manager of the Year Awards and the adjudicating panel is well on its way to a final selection The final results of the Awards , sponsored by Chaffoteaux et Maury and organised by the CIOB with Building , will be kept under wraps until the Awards Dinner at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on October 7 . |
| 7 | At first John imagined that this was relief food on its way to a Commissariat depot , for it was guarded by a large body of troops , about eighty infantry and fifty cavalry as well as two field guns and their crews — half on one bank , half on the other . |
| 8 | A third fire engine was hit by bricks thrown by youths on its way to a call out in Southport Road , Bootle . |
| 9 | First , there is the problem of transmitting the huge volumes of data and managing it on its way through a network to users . |
| 10 | If the action is sharp enough your opponent 's punch will graze over the top of your head , helped on its way by a fast rising block . |
| 11 | Every animal is sent on its way by a sympathetic sigh . |
| 12 | I expect she was on her way with a box of liquorice allsorts and a pineapple upside-down cake for her grandchildren . |
| 13 | She wrinkled her nose in irritation , wishing that her father had had the foresight to warn her that it had not been fully completed , instead of waving her on her way with a cheery remark about how the change would do her good . |
| 14 | The me who said she 'd never stay in a hostel again was now on her way to a night shelter . |
| 15 | Where Buxton 's second-round score , put together in the worst of the weather , was an 81 , McKay had another 80 in which she was left kicking herself for having chipped through the green at the 295-yard 14th on her way to a six . |
| 16 | Jazzbeaux was on her way to a pre-arranged duel of honour with the Daughters of the American Revolution . |
| 17 | The 30-year-old blonde singer — who topped the charts in 1988 with the Only Way Is Up — was in fact on her way to a London party . |
| 18 | As she moved up the stairs , Emily felt a sense of triumph , she was on her way to a big success and no-one was going to stop her . |
| 19 | Once that status is recognized , she is on her way to a public relations career . |
| 20 | Ash was passing through Glasgow and staying with us on her way to a new job down in London . |
| 21 | Rain waved on her way to a table but Oliver went to speak to Linda . |
| 22 | Regretfully he kissed her forehead , extracted himself from her embrace and sent her on her way to a virtuous bed . |
| 23 | This is the pick of several spectacular holes on the beautifully wooded Craigavad course , and the defending champion was only inches shy of a sensational eagle-two on her way to a thrilling victory over the redoubtable Tracey Eakin , from Laytown . |
| 24 | She is a middle-American matron on her way to a Catholic retreat . |
| 25 | Cleveland Police are hunting two youths who grabbed a cash bag containing hundreds of pounds from a woman on her way to a Middlesbrough bank . |
| 26 | Melissa was on her way in a flash , but not so quickly that she missed the knowing look on Iris 's face . |
| 27 | In an early-start game her goal after seven minutes from a penalty corner set Leicester on their way to a 2-1 win against Exmouth . |
| 28 | Police arrested 11 men with sound equipment on their way to a Saturday night acid house party in the New Forest . |
| 29 | NOTHING summed up the supremacy of the Canon Williams Renault team this season more completely on Sunday than Ayrton Senna 's early and silent exit from Interlagos as Nigel Mansell and Riccardo Patrese lapped the field on their way to a third successive one-two triumph in the Brazilian Grand Prix . |
| 30 | The three young Wokingham Blacks were intoxicated by the thought of easy money and the following week were on their way to a rendezvous in London . |