Example sentences of "on your way " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It 's a pity you did n't run into her , Freddy , on your way to the Gents — I presume you were on your way to the Gents .
2 ‘ It 's a pity you did n't run into her , Freddy , on your way to the Gents — I presume you were on your way to the Gents .
3 ‘ I rang that night shelter you were at this morning and the girl I spoke to told me you were on your way .
4 A bathe in a spanking-clean river , roly-poly down the grassy knolls , finish up your bottle of Spanish water and jostle at the chip shop on your way home .
5 Once you start making the slight adjustment necessary to make our normal way of eating healthier , you will automatically be on your way to weight control .
6 A couple of weeks should see you safely back on your way to successful weight control .
7 Maybe you should be on your way .
8 ‘ Yes , you 'd better be on your way .
9 You must descend without fear , or hesitation , and descend further , and still descend ; you will find that your glass key will shed light on your way if you hold it before you .
10 And you 're on your way to Salisbury , I expect . ’
11 It would set you on your way . ’
12 The porter says : ‘ Be on your way .
13 I insist and he answers : ‘ Be on your way right now .
14 ‘ My agent ’ , Evans continued smoothly , ‘ phoned while you were on your way over here .
15 Very soon you 'll be on your way as well . ’
16 On your way , lad .
17 On your way . ’
18 Because you are one of the lucky people picked to receive an invitation AND be issued with your unique Number 4850158 — you are already well on your way towards a CASH Win .
19 Now you shall taste one , and if you like it you can call on your way to Brownies next week and take toffee-apples to all the Brownies in your Pack — as a thank-you to a brave Brownie for rescuing my Billy . ’
20 Much more and you are well on your way to back-ache and a good candidate for lumbago , not to mention being downright uncomfortable , and your fishing will suffer as a consequence .
21 He does n't say , ‘ Where have you been and why are you late ? ’ because you 're on your way immediately .
22 Then you went on your way .
23 He says , ‘ All right , 125 ’ ; and then after ten minutes he says , ‘ On your way , ’ so I got dressed and went out and thought , ‘ Now I 'm for it , ’ but I heard nothing more .
24 The Final Sanction : ‘ On Your Way
25 K. R. I 've moved on people sleeping rough — perhaps take him a hundred yards from the shop wherever he was — ‘ On your way .
26 On your way shopping you may have passed local ‘ corner shops ’ , a large superstore , perhaps a street market …
27 If you wish , go on your way , but we shall report your rudeness and obduracy to Philip IV of France , who would not be too pleased to see future delicate negotiations hindered by the ill-manners of one of his envoys . ’
28 On your way to somewhere nice , are you ? ’
29 Try the Madeleine ( Magdalene ) at Vézelay on your way , says the author , ‘ for her love , faults are forgiven , the blind see , the dumb speak , the lame walk ’ ; try St Léonard at Noblat who releases captives ; try Saint-Gilles , ‘ speediest of all the saints to help the unfortunate and the afflicted ’ .
30 You may have nodded off in the bus on your way to a dusty ruin where street-traders pestered you until you retired to the coach in a huff , but in print you will have enjoyed the delights of a ‘ bustling street market ’ , selling ‘ delightful local crafts ’ in the shadow of ‘ one of the forgotten wonders of the world ’ .
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