Example sentences of "[v-ing] the road to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hugh Clopton , a mercer , erected the bridge at Stratford-upon-Avon that still bears his name ; Sir William Horne , salter , left 500 marks for repairing the road to Cambridge ; Sir Thomas White , Merchant Taylor , founded St John 's College , Oxford , and others endowed grammar schools at Holt , Macclesfield , Wolverhampton and many other places . |
| 2 | Dempsey with his image of the ex-hobo riding the roads to fame had been big enough and glamorous enough to blur the controversy from the minds of the crowd . |
| 3 | They are closing the road to trucks and buses bringing people to the city . |
| 4 | Sometimes she came back to the present with a bang to find that one of the girls had asked a question and had received no answer at all because Jenna 's gaze was fixed on the sky outside the window , her mind travelling the road to Paris and Alain . |
| 5 | They were taking the road to Godstowe . ’ |
| 6 | Their neighbours Lurgan will also be taking the road to Dublin , with CYM awaiting them at the end of the journey . |
| 7 | Thus archbishops , forging links with the Holy See , and numerous pilgrims , plied this and other routes between north and south , finding the road to Rome . |
| 8 | Crossing the road to Woolworths is very difficult for pedestrians , let alone for a disabled person . |