Example sentences of "my way [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was hiding , working my way round to the Orchard to try for the pennant in there . |
| 2 | I made my way up to the lobby with those final two words of hers ringing around inside my head , and all sorts of other doctor phrases started to enter my mind — people calling me Doctor Streeter , popular songs with the word doctor in them — and then all of a sudden I started to cry . |
| 3 | The evening sky was darkening as I made my way up to Claro . |
| 4 | ‘ It was good quality stuff , good to work on and I gradually worked my way up to being one of the house engineers and it took off from there . ’ |
| 5 | Because I 'm afraid of being the victim I 'll bubble my way up to being either the rescuer or the persecutor . |
| 6 | I 'm on my way up to town . |
| 7 | Been out in the field done all the erm and worked my way up to it you see . |
| 8 | We both know what an outrageously male chauvinist pig you are , Ross — but , in case you have n't guessed , I find it very insulting that you should insinuate that I have somehow slept my way up to my present position ! ’ |
| 9 | She had teenagers , I am working my way up to them . |
| 10 | And anyway I can get them in the sale if I choose to fight my way up to London I can get a Liberty tie for about twelve pounds . |
| 11 | As I started to make my way up through some bushes on the left of the kirk , something caught my eye and I stopped . |
| 12 | There are distinct shades of Groucho Marx 's : ’ I have worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty ’ about the lot of most poor informals in Third World cities . |
| 13 | In the course of fifteen years I have slowly worked my way up from the people , together with this Movement . |
| 14 | I can find my way up in the dark , or fetch a candle from the kitchen cupboard for myself . |
| 15 | I continued my way around to the front and hesitated . |
| 16 | I asked Tom Kenny , edging my way uneasily round all the fashionable people in the brightly lit room . |
| 17 | It took over an hour to negotiate the couple of miles to the hotel and only then because , in exasperation , I ignored all rules of good driving not to mention half-a-dozen laws , and made my way blithely down a one-way street ( the wrong way , of course ) and down a ( prohibited ) tram-only lane . |
| 18 | By 8.30 am , Monday , 15 September 1937 , I was making my way slowly up Granville Street lugging two heavy suitcases , one of which was full of favourite books . |
| 19 | I made my way slowly through the crowd of people , pausing now and again to chat briefly to people I knew . |
| 20 | I was early and made my way slowly through the deserted canyon of skyscrapers on this hot afternoon . |
| 21 | I think I 'd like to lick my way slowly over your luscious curves until I 've sampled all the honeyed temptations you keep hidden away . |
| 22 | The sheep were very curious and made a bee-line for me but I managed to push my way through to the birds . |
| 23 | I have spent most of the day just finding my way here from the castle . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Think I 'll make my way over to the big house and see how things are going . ’ |
| 25 | After breakfasting with the mortar team I made my way over to Brigade H.Q As I passed along the wall of the orchard I suddenly thought about the Frenchman and his family who lived in the cottage on the other side of the wall . |
| 26 | I felt my way over to the bed . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , look , I 'm on my way over to the hospital now , so I 'll take you across . |
| 28 | I edged my way over towards them . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've bought a bottle of whisky and I 'm planning to drink my way right through it . ’ |
| 30 | I began to feel better and weaved my way on to the stage after the third intro of ‘ Puppet on a String ’ . |