Example sentences of "make its way [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was before the building of New Bridge Road and it now seems impossible that the large convoy of vehicles could ever make its way over the narrow bridges leading into the city . |
| 2 | Their vents are pressed together so that the sperm can make its way into the female . |
| 3 | They turned and waited silently as Jackie Tiptoe 's distinctive shape , looking in the queer light more than ever like a gargoyle escaped from a cathedral , made its way across the grass with a swift , hiccupping run . |
| 4 | The new groups who were in the charts , even as the British Task Force made its way across the Atlantic — Duran Duran , ABC , Spandau Ballet — suggested that , of all things , fun was once again back in fashion . |
| 5 | A ragged and halting procession made its way down the street , and the voices of the crowd rose into a single roar . |
| 6 | As Kelly stood watching the string , her hands sunk deep into her windcheater pockets , Harry Short 's Mercedes made its way along the gallops between the path and the road . |
| 7 | Lindsey watched in fascination as the taxi laboriously made its way along the rising curve of the road taking them into the hills . |
| 8 | As our taxi made its way up the winding road to the north west of the island , we passed immaculate terraces filled with olive and citrus groves beneath which tethered goats grazed happily on the dry clumps of grass . |
| 9 | Three minutes later a curious little procession made its way up the stairs . |
| 10 | At first , it swept the whole side of the mountain , and , charging itself with all the rubbish it found there , made its way into the vale , following chiefly the direction of the Lissa . |
| 11 | So St Wilfrid the bishop and his clergy on bended knees lifted their hands again to heaven and gained the help of the Lord … who straightway bade the tide return before its usual hour , and while the pagans , on the coming of their king were preparing for a fourth battle , the sea came back and covered all the shore , so that the ship was floated and made its way into the deep . |
| 12 | As the group made its way into the reception area , Bliss tugged at D'Arcy 's sleeve . |
| 13 | The blizzard was worse now , and what little light made its way between the flakes was failing . |
| 14 | His great black horse made its way through the crowd of menservants until he came alongside the princess 's window . |
| 15 | The crowd made its way to the Diamond where there were some minor brushes with the police before stewards restored order . |
| 16 | I remember that between a death and the subsequent funeral the street would be very quiet , pianos were locked , children were not allowed to play anywhere near the house and on the day of interment , all blinds were drawn , whilst as the cortege made its way to the Cemetery people would stop , the men always removing headgear . |
| 17 | Azhag flew over the battlefield on his wyvern , swooping upon regiment after regiment and harrying the retreating army as it made its way to the refuge of Wolfenburg . |
| 18 | The small convoy made its way to the fortified barracks , where the Range Rover went through the gates on its own , the armoured escort returning to duty in the scarred city . |
| 19 | The ferret-god made its way to the bottom of the garden . |
| 20 | Most of this made its way to the government , so that by February 1797 it had been run down to less than a sixth of this level . |
| 21 | The centre was brought to a halt as the procession made its way to the National Parliament . |
| 22 | A party of Young Conservatives , led by their national chairman , Wullie Robertson , a hairy , bearded Scot with a beer belly , wearing a T-shirt with the legend , ‘ She was stabbed in the back ’ , across it , made its way towards the exit and the real world outside . |
| 23 | A cold grey light made its way round the corners of the curtains and trickled into the room . |
| 24 | Nenna stood looking into the window , feeling the melted hail make its way down the gap between the collar of her coat and her body . |
| 25 | This is the more remarkable since by this time , its mother may have already given birth to another tiny baby that has made its way to the pouch and is fastened on to a teat imbibing milk of a quite different composition . |
| 26 | It has made its way into the whisky business in the past three years by re-opening the Littlemill and Glen Scotia malt distilleries in Bowling and Campbeltown . |
| 27 | Before I began the formal research I had been aware from the few parents of children with trisomy 21 I knew that there was more disquiet about their negotiations with professionals and the treatment of their children than had made its way into the academic and professional literature on parents and families . |
| 28 | The book is highly priced despite Bass 's sponsorship ( cash which must have made its way into the pockets of publisher and author ) . |
| 29 | In Brighton , the Prince Regent 's city , people do not go to bed early , and an observer would have noticed a small group of revellers making its way along the strand to the accompaniment of snatches of song and bursts of loud laughter . |
| 30 | I could see her face very clearly in the wisp of cloud that was now making its way across the sky . |