Example sentences of "[pos pn] way to " in BNC.

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1 She caught me on my way to the back door .
2 I started on my way to the West End .
3 Anyway , at shortly before five I made my way to the forecourt of the RA .
4 On my way to the District and Circle platform I pass a notice stating that an escalator is out of service .
5 On my way to my London flat , as I walk through a passageway leading from the Strand to Charing Cross underground station , I pass two young men sitting on a sheet on the floor and begging .
6 On my way to an engagement in Bracknell .
7 The barn shook again as I got to my feet and made my way to the door with the feeling that the barn had been very lucky so far in not receiving a direct hit from one of the frequent mortar bombs that were exploding in and around the farm .
8 Several hours later I was in London making my way to another railway station to catch the train going North .
9 As I walk through Mountain Ash on my way to my Saturday surgery , people call out on the street .
10 ‘ I met Mrs Wright on my way to the library , ’ said Philip .
11 Dana went on with his friend to see her off at Le Havre , while I made my way to London , where I was joined by Dana a few days later .
12 Making my way to Second Grenadiers .
13 I felt a migraine coming on and made my way to the villa for some peace and quiet .
14 Ignoring them , I made my way to the Norman castle .
15 It was suppertime , so I made my way to the Roscommon chip shop .
16 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 .
17 ‘ A week last Wednesday I dropped off a load of wood here on my way to Windsor races .
18 I shouldered my way to the bar .
19 As I cross the Elizabeth Bridge on my way to the National Museum , three optimistic fishermen are casting lines from a small sandbank .
20 ‘ I was on my way to Rome , but I wanted to buy some new shoes in London .
21 Glancing over my shoulder to make sure he had n't seen me , I jostled my way to the rear and sat down next to a window .
22 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 ) .
23 As I crossed the North Bridge each day on my way to the dreariness of St Andrew 's House , I used to look across the cold Firth of Forth , and Housman 's lines hammered in my brain :
24 I made my way to this celebrated establishment , and was very surprised to find an open salon ; we in Britain were at that time still cowering modestly in cubicles .
25 ‘ I drive past there every day on my way to work , ’ he said .
26 When I walk out of the house and through the square on my way to a final peaceful meditation at my favourite bay view in trigo cebada , the young man from last night comes out of a doorway with a large cassette in his arms .
27 I had intended to emerge while Mr Cardinal was still a reasonable distance away , so that he would see me in good time and suppose I was on my way to the summerhouse , or perhaps to the gardener 's lodge .
28 ‘ So kind of you , Dorothy , but I 'm on my way to Ella 's and must n't delay . ’
29 As the last of the boys arrived I thought that maybe I could just make my way to the back of the queue , or sprint back to the changing room on one pretext or another and conveniently lose my place in the line .
30 I made my way to a cottage near the church , where I had been told I could expect a night 's lodging .
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