Example sentences of "way to an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The twilight began to move in around me , that strange half-light which sometimes gives way to an afterglow . |
| 2 | Somehow one of the St Manicus 's altar candles had found its way to an out-building of the asylum and had witnessed there … what ? |
| 3 | Police have named the six people travelling in a car that crashed with an ambulance on its way to an emergency call . |
| 4 | But what about the explanation from the Durham County ambulance service general manager that the Middleton-in-Teesdale ambulance was on its way to an emergency in Newton Aycliffe at the time ? |
| 5 | He said the Dales crew was on its way to an emergency in Newton Aycliffe when alerted of the Harwood incident . |
| 6 | ‘ The aim is to point the way to an activity which does n't always get the credit it deserves , ’ Frank Kelly said . |
| 7 | More than any other wartime figure he addressed himself to the conscience of middle-class radicalism , arguing that the only worthwhile victory possible was one based on the common ownership of the means of production and a moral revolution in which selfishness and the profit motive would give way to an ethic of service to the community . |
| 8 | ‘ It can be on its way to an incident within four minutes , is capable of travelling at up to 25mph and is extremely manoeuvrable . |
| 9 | I made my way to an hotel lounge in the Diamond , where I sat and read a leaflet I had picked up in the church . |
| 10 | I did not know Salisbury well enough — Wendy did not know it at all — to grope my way to an hotel ( and , anyhow , we feared we had not enough money for a bed ) . |
| 11 | ‘ I was on my way to an auditing job in Newhaven . |
| 12 | On my way to an engagement in Bracknell . |
| 13 | His initial unease is indicated in his hesitant reference to being on the way to an engagement ( p. 65 ) , and his fear and powerlessness at the end of the scene reflects itself in his abandonment of his turn as he " decides abruptly to leave " ( p. 73 ) . |
| 14 | Self-satisfaction had given way to an impatience that said , as clearly as the words , ‘ If that 's the best you can do , stop wasting my time and let me get on with my work . ’ |
| 15 | And they did not know that the portion which ebbed , never to flow again , made its way to an account in Hertford town , where Sir George Beador also banked . |
| 16 | And I suppose being predictable about it all , I better play this for you if you 're on your way to an aerobics keep fit class some time this afternoon , or this evening . |
| 17 | He gives it very well , and he 's on on his way to an evening engagement , and the professor , says I 'm feeling very tired tonight , and I do n't think I want to give er , th the talk , but I do n't know , I I obviously I have to go , the chauffeur said , no problem , he said , all we need is to change hats , I 've heard you give that same talk so many times , I would actually give it . |
| 18 | The passage of an austerity budget and approval of the IMF loan paved the way to an agreement in New York with commercial creditors on Feb. 20 to restructure more than US$5,300 million of commercial-bank debt . |