Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] his [noun] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the final result may not not be known until mid-morning , computer predictions indicated Mr Major was on his way back to Downing Street with a small majority . |
| 2 | They were ordered by Stirling to stay put and wait for him , as he was on his way back to the desert . |
| 3 | Before dawn next morning he was on his way back to France . |
| 4 | ‘ That Celebrated Seaman ’ , as a sixpenny biography described him , continued to embarrass the British government even after he was on his way back to France . |
| 5 | With some people this might be mere bravado , but when Wordsworth was on his way back to England he seems to have lingered in Paris far longer than was necessary , and possibly considered active participation in practical politics ( Prelude 1805 , x , 129 ff ) . |
| 6 | He was on his way back to Newcastle , but when he saw Joe racing across the field that bordered part of the drive , he paused a moment before deciding to follow him . |
| 7 | On the way they met the sultan 's harem who informed him that Murad II was on his way back to Edirne . |
| 8 | I just took it for granted he was on his way back to the group . ’ |
| 9 | It was a Saturday morning , after Charlie had collected his produce from the market and was on his way back to Whitechapel , that he heard the raucous cry . |