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

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1 I grab a dress and tear my way into it .
2 The third frame begins to go my way .
3 For sure , ‘ Hate My Way ’ is excellent , a whiplashed stab of emotions throughout which one can shiver along to the demons cartwheeling through Kristin 's mind .
4 Because I 'm afraid of being the victim I 'll bubble my way up to being either the rescuer or the persecutor .
5 A working title for it might have been ‘ How I Got my Way , and Was Proved Right in Everything I Did ’ .
6 I am about to lose my way .
7 ‘ I 'm seeing my way right now , ’ the driver told me , as he came out of the bar , followed by the landlady .
8 so I thought he , he 's changing things he 's saying well I do n't think this is suitable and I do n't think my way of tackling this is suitable because he 's used to dealing with different kids , although they 're a similar age , they 're not very motivated or mighty but they 're more motivated than these kids , but he says like he 'll turned back towards the black board and he 'll be writing and they 're shouting abuse at him , F ing and blinding and he says it makes me so angry because I do n't know the voices well enough to know who 's saying it
9 I 've bought Smiths records but they have never altered my way of thinking .
10 ‘ Think I 'll make my way over to the big house and see how things are going . ’
11 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 .
12 Quietly , choosing my time , I shall make my way to the Garden Tower and try to gain access to the upper chamber . ’
13 ‘ I have a tremendous fundamental urge to get out and make my way in the world .
14 ‘ I 've seen my room and I can make my way to it if you 'll draw me a simple map ! ’
15 I was just getting up to go and make my way on down to Greece when I felt a hand on my shoulder and heard a deep voice .
16 I have given up all idea now of going to Kings and shall make my way across the Island as quickly as I can making a call or two on the way .
17 We shall contrive some way however to get me down to Maitland town and the end of the week , when I shall make my way to Hobart Town the best way I can .
18 And I was frightened , I tell you , when I was left alone in the crypt , with a single candle to light my way , and discerned gradually , as my eyes grew accustomed to the dark , the subjects of the Prince 's experiments , standing upright , sentinels at each wall of the chamber , with glittering eyes and teeth .
19 The evening was now getting dark , but light enough to see my way .
20 By a week before Christmas , I was beginning to see my way across the spare bedroom at home , or the stockroom as my other half styles it , and light at the end of the tunnel .
21 I seemed all set to continue my way to the top outdoors , but as it turned out , the highlight of my summer was getting my photograph in Athletics Weekly , the bible of the sport , for the first time .
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 My eyes gradually became accustomed to the gloom , and I managed to grope my way to the station .
24 I just have to be careful as I pick my way past the grubby piles of snow at the edges of the pavement .
25 I put the list away in my file , lock the room and carefully pick my way down the little staircase .
26 When I fought my way up the brae and saw all the council houses I almost turned back dismissing the possibility of there being any evidence of older architecture .
27 I fought my way through the crowd and there 's these kids playing electric guitars through this tiny amp .
28 The waiters were all busy at that moment so I picked up a full glass from the table and fought my way to where she was holding court in the middle of the mass — standing up , of course .
29 The whole restaurant cheered me on as I fought my way out into the night .
30 I fought my way out of things but she could not .
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