Example sentences of "his way to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He stopped by the hospital on his way to a tennis match . ’
2 And blind Christopher Ross of Ormesby Comprehensive set a national record of 24.31 seconds in the 25 metres freestyle on his way to a haul of four golds .
3 SANDY LYLE rolled in a 100-foot eagle putt on his way to a two-under-par 70 and a share of the first-round lead with Yoshinori Mizumaki in the Casio World Open golf tournament at Kaimon , southern Japan yesterday .
4 SANDY LYLE rolled in a 100-foot eagle putt on his way to a two-under-par 70 and a share of the first-round lead in the Casio World Open golf tournament at Kaimon , southern Japan yesterdaythurs .
5 It had been one of our opener 's better days , and he had manoeuvred his way to a total of 10 runs .
6 But by 1187 Urban had died at Ferrara , and within two months , his successor Gregory VIII also died , at Pisa , while on his way to a meeting with Barbarossa .
7 Frank Connor jumping the last on his way to a win in the Gold Cup .
8 BAT OUT OF HELL : Graeme Hick lashes out on his way to a quick-fire 63 at Trent Bridge yesterday
9 The cover photograph shows Berger gone native , in dark suit , stiff collar and homburg hat , for all the world like a French shepherd ( a berger , in fact ) on his way to a wedding .
10 As Endill made his way to a shelf he had the strongest feeling of being followed .
11 Montag 's wife reports him to the Brigade and he is forced to flee , making his way to a place outside the city described by Clarisse , where a group of people have gathered together to memorise books , keeping the words immortal .
12 And , with the purposeful stride of a great barrister on his way to a confrontation in the Old Bailey , he went out into the hall .
13 It failed to find a publisher either in Macmillan or elsewhere , but Hardy was given a great deal of largely conflicting and unsettling advice at a time when he was ‘ feeling his way to a method ’ .
14 She did not , thought Henry bitterly , as he dragged himself out of bed and weaved his way to the bathroom over Elinor 's discarded knickers , go to classes in being thin , or classes designed to allow the participants to hold one idea in their heads for more than five minutes .
15 One of the power-station boys had knocked a table over on his way to the bathroom .
16 He coughed so badly that he found his way to the bathroom and took some Liquafruta cough syrup .
17 When at last he was able to throw aside his damp sheet and make his way to the window the panorama he had last seen on the day of the sepoy attack had been transformed .
18 He left one passionate goodbye note at the stage door on his way to the station .
19 He told the owner of the pensione that he would probably be leaving in a few days and then he made his way to the station to ask about trains .
20 He was well on his way to the station when he paused and looked up towards a building , and he saw in his mind 's eye Carrie running up the steps , and he recalled her voice saying , ‘ Oh ! why must you keep on about that . ’
21 In the grim winter of 1963 , snow drifts blocked his way to the station and , as often happened in that Siberian season , the train 's heating system had broken down .
22 He said he 'd met Oliver in the florist 's round the corner on his way to the station .
23 On another occasion , the train left the rails near Zhmerinka Station and the Tsar had to make his way to the station on foot .
24 He marched out of the barracks to make his way to the station — he wondered how long it would be before he could walk at a normal pace .
25 Ever upwards , Eddie rambles his way to the peak of success .
26 He had reached Blakemere , which was only two miles further on , when he pondered if he should take another direction and make his way to the river , but the thought that even this far out there 'd be a number of people on the banks today , mostly youngsters , he guessed , swimming or playing the usual dangerous game of swinging out over the river on a rope attached to a tree branch , deterred him .
27 Leaving Christian pulling on his boots with the intention of going to assist the gipsies , Seb made his way to the camp set up by the road-makers .
28 When the farm chores ended each day , Seb would often make his way to the camp of the road-building navvies .
29 ‘ Ye can see me now , more 's the pity , ’ he grumbled as he pushed his way to the back , treading on a few feet in the process .
30 Grove , a 15-1 longshot , was dropped to the canvas in the first round by a crunching left hook but got up , and danced and jabbed his way to the distance against the hard-hitting Nelson .
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