Example sentences of "her way [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rory made her way woodenly to the dressing-room , shivering slightly as she heard the familiar sounds of the nightclub band tuning up . |
| 2 | She had joined the Met with three A levels and a huge number of O levels as an eighteen-year-old , then worked her way over into the CID , and was now a Detective Sergeant and ready to move up , having passed the exams for Inspector . |
| 3 | Rising slowly like an automaton , she made her way over to the counter and picked up the receiver . |
| 4 | She had to run the barrage of more glances as she made her way over to the new extension , but she knew then that people looking at her was not on account of her being half an hour late , but on account of everyone , it seemed , knowing of her engagement . |
| 5 | The juniors ' sports mistress , with sturdy thighs and a too tight tee-shirt , paused on her way over to the rugby field and smiled down at Clarissa who was sleepily opening her eyes . |
| 6 | The birds were still singing as she made her way slowly to the cars . |
| 7 | The wind was cool , and the night was now pitch dark as she made her way slowly to the front door . |
| 8 | Then , turning back , I caught sight of the red bitch : she was making her way slowly towards the woodpile . |
| 9 | She dragged her way slowly towards the door , waiting for Maman to call her back . |
| 10 | He pointed to the straight-backed figure of a striking Chinese girl in an embroidered silk dress before whom the crowds were parting as she made her way slowly along the opposite pavement . |
| 11 | A stout dinghy capped the lot then , with farewell shouts fading astern , Viking threaded her way carefully through the broken water and turned her bow northward once more . |
| 12 | Isabel picked her way carefully over the rough bank , the cramped muscles in her legs protesting at the exercise , and took the reins . |
| 13 | Although the moon was riding high in the sky , and shedding a rather weird , eerie glow on the flowering shrubs and various trees edging the green lawn , she was surprised at how much more calm and at ease she felt in the soft , enveloping darkness as she picked her way carefully over the sand . |
| 14 | Miss Watson , making her way carefully across the playground , thought fondly of her assistant . |
| 15 | She tried to elbow her way closer to the front . |
| 16 | The streets of the city welcomed her as an old friend as she made her way unerringly towards the brilliantly lit entrance of Tivoli . |
| 17 | As Constance picked her way heavily across the mine-field of the Minuet in G , her faltering efforts were greeted with screams and jeers from the birds who would not be silenced even when Miss Hatherby threw an enormous dust sheet over their cage . |
| 18 | She zipped up her anorak and began to work her way around to the sergeant 's face . |
| 19 | Soon she was quite alone , and wondering whether or not to go back and make her way around by the fields . |
| 20 | On arriving , she worked her way round to the front window . |
| 21 | Still moving slowly , intending to make her way round to the back door , up to her room , collect her belongings , then leave the same way , she caught her breath when a stealthy hand caught hold of her arm . |
| 22 | Crossing the road to water the bed of dahlias and moon daisies and nasturtiums she kept on the grass margin across the road from her door at the beginning of the village , Mrs Reynolds paused to watch Rose make her way round by the bridge to the post office and muttered venomously , ‘ There 's no fool like an old fool' , as if confronting the worst part of her own nature . |
| 23 | The few formalities over , she gathered up her luggage and made her way outside into the baking sun . |
| 24 | Her tone was a little agitated for she had also just seen Faustina mount the refreshment table and pick her way delicately among the dishes of the cakes and savouries , sniffing the air , ready to pause and pounce when she came upon something that took her fancy . |
| 25 | She made her way aft to the companionway and , hesitating a moment , called , ‘ Hello . ’ |
| 26 | Challenge worked her way through an area strewn with salmon cages and creels and with some difficulty found her way through into the lee of the island , which was now illuminated by a coastguard auxiliary 's searchlight . |
| 27 | Pete nodded and moved off to look for some more of Bob Ivie 's jungle juice , and Diane eased her way through into the ballroom . |
| 28 | Beverley Brown , a hairdresser from Georgian House Hair Salon , Richmond , has snipped her way through to the Newcastle regional heat of the fourth Young Protege Scholarship , organised by Wella . |
| 29 | The old man and I stood watching as the cow made her way unhurriedly up the hill , Jack Dodson in his long khaki smock sauntering behind her . |
| 30 | She shook her head , smiled at the beckoning group , and made her way steadily towards the exit . |