Example sentences of "[pos pn] way [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked at them , they looked at me , and I turned and hurriedly made my way downstairs . |
| 2 | I picked my way forward waiting for the sun to set . |
| 3 | On the burst of tumultuous applause that will erupt at the mere sight of me , I am to wiggle my way forward , hug Jim and take over the show . |
| 4 | ‘ Look , Laura , I really need to be clear about one or two things before I can see my way forward . ’ |
| 5 | I know my way round here and I know I 'm going the wrong way , but I just carry on . |
| 6 | I hope she ai n't going to ask me a question — you know , like where summat is , like the ladies or summat , cos to tell the truth I do n't really know my way round here . |
| 7 | I got off , made my way round but there was no sign of her . |
| 8 | I was hiding , working my way round to the Orchard to try for the pennant in there . |
| 9 | I get the feeling that I begin to know my way round , to know that at least most of the chess moves of it . |
| 10 | a huge island in the middle , and erm went all the way round , and anyway I , I made a path out of flints from , taken from all the mud , and worked my way round , and then started to plant things , and a hawthorn hedge , bushes and shrubs , and erm my son gave me a boat and I was able to go across to the island . |
| 11 | Spink , who has been first choice since regaining the No 1 spot from Les Sealey in March , said : ‘ There was a time when my future seemed in jeopardy but things have turned my way again . ’ |
| 12 | It was wet on the ground , + I slipped , but unfortunately the same bench that I mentioned previously happened to be in my way again . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The evening sky was darkening as I made my way up to Claro . |
| 15 | On my way up I passed a rough structure of moss-coated stone about a foot high , enclosing a spring and shallow pool , marked on my map as Talgarth 's Well . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 17 | Ripping out the belay , I thrashed my way up , hardly able to see my own feet , but vaguely registering Roger 's impressively determined lead . |
| 18 | Then I went to work in a five and ten , and gradually worked my way up until I was managing a general store . |
| 19 | As I started to make my way up through some bushes on the left of the kirk , something caught my eye and I stopped . |
| 20 | Because I 'm afraid of being the victim I 'll bubble my way up to being either the rescuer or the persecutor . |
| 21 | I can find my way up in the dark , or fetch a candle from the kitchen cupboard for myself . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In the course of fifteen years I have slowly worked my way up from the people , together with this Movement . |
| 24 | I 'm on my way up to town . |
| 25 | I squeeze my way up and try my key in the battered , irregular door at the top . |
| 26 | Been out in the field done all the erm and worked my way up to it you see . |
| 27 | 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 ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I decided I 'd rather go to a small club and work my way up . |
| 29 | She had teenagers , I am working my way up to them . |
| 30 | 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 . |