Example sentences of "up on the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | He shrugs off his legacy of injuries — a fractured bone in his back , ripped Achilles tendons , the deep bruise on his face which he picked up on the way to winning a bronze medal in Poland . |
| 2 | I 'll pick you up on the way back . ’ |
| 3 | Water that has evaporated and condensed in the upper atmosphere , and then falls as rain , should be pure , except for a little carbon dioxide picked up on the way down ( although in fact , these days , it tends also to contain a whole catalogue of pollutants ) . |
| 4 | That is the pathway we have gone down , and in consequence we have reduced the amount of food that is given to our cows that could be eaten by man from 50 per cent to 14 per cent by getting the input from grass and porridge oats : food that would otherwise be wasted in a system that is not using these animals to pick it up on the way . |
| 5 | How is he to measure it against ‘ Look before you leap ’ , ‘ Care for your parents ’ , and such other imperatives as he has been picking up on the way ? |
| 6 | Eight miles , starting easily , speeding up on the way home |
| 7 | Missed departure cover is particularly important because there is more chance of being held up on the way to the airport in winter than in summer . |
| 8 | It was that in no way was I going to bring a coffin from Stoke-on-Trent to Llandderfel on the roof-rack of a Metro and that they were driving north for the weekend and would stop off and pick it up on the way home . |
| 9 | Dispel notions of lethargic ponies plodding nose to tail , only speeding up on the way back to the stables : trail riding can be both challenging and exciting . |
| 10 | I was told I could see him for an hour but they got held up on the way and I was rushed through the visit . |
| 11 | At the end of every chapter there 's a review of what you 've just learned and a few questions to check that it 's really sunk in ( and a mini glossary of any new terms/jargon you may have picked up on the way . |
| 12 | John was just running it for me now so I 'll pick it up on the way home tonight . |
| 13 | We were only going to be in 24 hours so we would n't bother having a meal we 'd have a slap up on the way out , ’ said Michael . |
| 14 | Well you can pick him up on the way then could n't you ? |
| 15 | Okay , cos were going out , so we can pick her up on the way out , about seven ? |
| 16 | No , you might puke up on the way |
| 17 | Bread and got some sausages bit of erm boiled ham which you can pick up on the way through |
| 18 | Pick me up on the way . |
| 19 | Paul 's in a meeting , but she 's going to try and pick him up on the way , or leave a note for him to follow on . |