Example sentences of "their way [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stabled their horses at the Holy Lamb of God and threaded their way across the noisy market place . |
| 2 | If this were not done , then many second best , third best , etc matches in the high scoring region could be considered before any theories worked their way across the low scoring regions . ’ |
| 3 | Settling in , I looked out of the window and reflected on what it must have been like for the men building the Trans-Australia Railway when hundreds of navvies , using horses , camels and a few machines , battled their way across the inhospitable plain , which in winter crackles underfoot with frost while summer temperatures exceed a baking 50°C . |
| 4 | ’ Athelstan tugged him by the sleeve and they made their way across the deserted bailey to the steps leading up to the parapet walk . |
| 5 | Ring after ring of rough-hewn stone walls thunder their way across the open plain on the deserted south-eastern edge of the city . |
| 6 | They then fought their way past the Dark Elf patrols and back to the Inner Sea . |
| 7 | After nearly 20 years in the lower echelons of the second division and without a major title to their name , the team with the grand sounding name of Real Club Deportivo de la Coruna have elbowed their way past the giant clubs which year after year dominate the Spanish League , and have made a bold bid for the title . |
| 8 | This time on their way to the other end they call at the score tents , half to either side , and record their scores , on their honour as gentlemen not to cheat . |
| 9 | The casualties were carried past our position on their way to the First Aid post . |
| 10 | According to IRNA , another 1,000,000 Iraqi Kurds were making their way to the Iranian border . |
| 11 | Visitors making their way to the upper levels . |
| 12 | Illustrated is Skies to Dieppe showing 175 Squadron Hurricanes on their way to the abortive Dieppe Raid of August 19 , 1942 . |
| 13 | ‘ Worth a few pennies , sir ? ’ suggested Lewis as they crunched their way to the front door . |
| 14 | But he has accepted the captaincy of his club , Blackrock College , who won their way to the second division of the All Ireland League in 1990–91 and Mullin will devote all his playing activities to Rock 's welfare . |
| 15 | Corbett urged him to keep quiet and was more than relieved when they entered the narrow , winding , rutted streets of Leith and made their way to the small market square . |
| 16 | Having passed the green flashing light at the end of the main breakwater and also that of the inner Leon y Castillo mole , both of which are left to starboard , arriving yachts should make their way to the small boat harbour . |
| 17 | ‘ Come on , ’ he said and they both left Steed parked there and made their way to the twisted and bent railing that was his door to the family . |
| 18 | It is intriguing to wonder how some of the emigrants found their way to the outlandish places in which they settled , or how Ayrshire names came to be given to spots which are amongst the most isolated on earth . |
| 19 | Others made their way to the coca-growing Chapare region , only to return plagued by the heat and tropical illness . |
| 20 | Not two hours after digesting this news over their breakfasts , the same industry officials made their way to the Federal Court of Australia to receive the decision on their appeal over the February 1991 judgment by Justice Morling on a Tobacco Institute of Australia advertisement concerning passive smoking that was run throughout the Australian press in 1986 . |
| 21 | He and his four fellow sixth formers at Barnard Castle School have won their way to the regional final of a music contest in Newcastle . |
| 22 | The three Craigavon councillors will wing their way to the deep south and take a trip around the towns of Macon ( Georgia ) , Knoxville ( Tennessee ) and Huntsville ( Alabama ) . |
| 23 | They walked along the platform and made their way to the Metropolitan Line , thus entering , though they did not know it , the oldest part of the system . |
| 24 | They 've been yo-yoing between the First and Second Divisions for as long as I can remember — at the time of writing , they 're well on their way to the Premier League . |
| 25 | Human craft too , they prophesied , would pass through all these forms on their way to the ultimate , transcendental spaceship . |
| 26 | Both scored par 3s and went on their way to the 7th tee chatting amicably . |
| 27 | Most arduous and spectacular gig trip of the week has to be the odyssey which befell SEAN O'HAGAN and the HIGH LLAMAS on their way to the Mean Fiddler . |
| 28 | All find their way to the dirty hollow ‘ , followed by cheers that echoed out like firing . |
| 29 | These convoys use many major routes in the Central South area on their way to the Faslane nuclear submarine base in Scotland . |
| 30 | Scarabs , beads , pendants , and ivories found their way to the Minoan temple sites . |