Example sentences of "way [adv] to [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite having the heaviest postbag in the Royal Family , Diana enjoyed skimming through the scores of letters which found their way on to her desk every day . |
| 2 | The backs of her eyes and nose were burning , and a single tear found its way on to her cheek . |
| 3 | So my , my tax office is in Cardiff , now the quick way in to your tax office , where ever it is , and if it changes , is you get the telephone number , you get the reference room of Salaries or Pension Department , you ring your tax office , quote your name , the tax office reference although that 's n these days is n't important but you must quote your national insurance number , by doing that you get put through to the person who presses a button and says , oh yes you 're Mr or Mrs so-and-so , what can I tell you ? |
| 4 | The front was slashed all the way down to her navel to reveal rounded breasts , which rose and fell temptingly like a couple of ripe peaches . |
| 5 | Lesley says : ‘ She used to have hair all the way down to her waist . |
| 6 | With a strangled cry of rage and disgust , Mala grasped the top of her ragged costume and yanked it all the way down to her waist . |
| 7 | The African version of the stegosaur had long spikes all the way down to its tail , with spikes even on its back legs . |
| 8 | Undeterred , we grunted our way over to our goal . |
| 9 | He led the way through to my room , and lit the lamp there for me . |
| 10 | As David Norman has pointed out , the high blood pressure needed in the body and head circuit of the Brachiosaurus , with blood being pumped all the way up to its brain along a long neck , would have caused massive bleeding in the thin blood vessels of modern reptilian lungs . |
| 11 | as they would say in the army she had legs that went all the way up to her bottom ! |
| 12 | ‘ So you managed to escape unscathed ! ’ she commented as she led the way up to her sitting-room . |
| 13 | Sophie 's spirits were also low as she made her way up to her godmother 's flat , but they soon rose when Helen showed immediate indignation on her behalf . |
| 14 | As she made her way up to her room Luce wondered about him and his motives . |
| 15 | She still felt full of inner disquiet as the car zigzagged out of town and started to wind its way up to her host 's home . |
| 16 | On their way up to their office in the attic , therefore , Ian and Theodora had to pass the open doors of the offices of the Dean and the Archdeacon on the ground floor , and that of Canon Wheeler on the first . |
| 17 | Frankie felt his face redden and his cheeks begin to burn all the way up to his scalp . |
| 18 | His plight went all the way up to his general , who was in the palace . |
| 19 | Even when his hands pat their way up to my crotch it is less embarrassing than having a tailor measure my inside leg . |
| 20 | ‘ But how would you get all the way up to my bedroom window ? ’ |
| 21 | Begin with your toes on the left foot , then the toes on the right foot , followed by each foot separately , and then slowly work your way up to your face and head . |
| 22 | The brambling in the pine tree was on its way back to its breeding grounds in birch woods or conifer forests — where insect populations peak during the short summer season in the far north of Europe . |
| 23 | On the way back to their Wall patrol route , Debbie and John come across Mr John Runnings , a seventy-two-year-old American who travels to Berlin every summer to protest about the Wall . |
| 24 | The term homing pigeon gives foundation to the popular belief that these birds have a natural ability to find their way back to their loft no matter what the distance . |
| 25 | He and Robinson emptied their slop buckets into the waste chutes provided , rinsed them with boiling water and then made their way back to their cell . |
| 26 | Sister Rosario made her way back to her desk , rubbing at her injured palm with the thumb of her good hand . |
| 27 | She clamped her jaws together and made her way back to her desk . |
| 28 | An hour later , after a light salad lunch , Lindsey made her way back to her cabin . |
| 29 | Then , turning away , she began to make her way back to her apartment , confused , a dark uncertainty at the core of her . |
| 30 | She saw no servants at all , and was on her way back to her room for lunch , when she heard a cry . |