Example sentences of "his [noun sg] on the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rose , and walked over to the door , scooping up his shirt on the way . |
| 2 | The pair of them added a fair number of crashes to the record that year and when both Hunt and Horsley crashed at Brands Hatch ( Hunt made it a double by crashing his Mini on the way home ! ) |
| 3 | A Morrison delivery beat him comprehensively , brushing his off-stump on the way to wicketkeeper Tony Blain . |
| 4 | Franky struggled to keep his attention on the way ahead , preferring to nod at her in admiration . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , it seems he dived from the terrace and no one took much notice but he hit his head on the way down . |
| 6 | The legend tells of his pursuit of Colonel Briggs to Kendal Church during morning service , riding his horse into the church and losing his helmet on the way out , when he found his enemy was not present . |
| 7 | A good example is provided by his comment on the way in which the first editor of the journal Nature allowed his personal opinions to intrude upon its pages : ‘ [ Norman ] Lockyer sometimes forgets that he is only the editor and not the author of Nature . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The young have become so puritanical , ’ Haverford would explain to his companion on the way home . |
| 9 | ‘ I called at his house on the way in . |
| 10 | I happen to pass his house on the way to my own . |