Example sentences of "take the road to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Who lands at Dover and takes the road to Oxford ? ’
2 They were taking the road to Godstowe . ’
3 Their neighbours Lurgan will also be taking the road to Dublin , with CYM awaiting them at the end of the journey .
4 He roused and saddled a snoring Philomel and took the road to London Bridge .
5 who thereupon took the road to heterodoxy in his disappointment : this can not be more than a fragment of the story .
6 As he took the road to Bridgwater with John Chester , something essential to his happiness remained behind him , both in the rich and various landscape which so closely mirrored the landscape of his mind , and in the generous steadying friendship of Tom Poole .
7 He and his men took the road to Verdun .
8 Ruth left Palma and took the road to Valldemosa .
9 For certain it is that she did leave your enclave with my men , and with them took the road to Ramsey .
10 And so — in my case very reluctantly , in a slow process of decision-making that took two years — we have taken the road to Budapest .
11 The whole palace seemed deserted , as if the Royal family and all the staff had already taken the road to Varennes .
12 At the Sansepolcro turn-off take the road to Rimini .
13 Sergeant Troy picked up his bag and was about to take the road to Bathsheba 's house , when Boldwood stepped forward .
14 ‘ You see , Roger , ’ he commented , ‘ you were expected to take the road to Dover whilst I was bound for Scotland .
15 They were to take the road to Foligno , turn right towards Cannara just beyond Santa Maria degli Angeli and drive until they saw a telegraph pole with a yellow mark .
16 But in Anselm 's eyes , her wearing of the veil bound her irretrievably to the monastic life : to draw back now was to take the road to damnation .
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