Example sentences of "[pron] way [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I edged along the curtain in the upstream direction of the shut door and by hauling my way up the links at the side managed to scramble round the boathouse wall and up out of the water to roll at last onto the grassy bank . |
| 2 | I felt I was working my way up the ladder , and my next player was Jerry Heard , who was a real good player in the 1970s . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Now that I had this label — ‘ partially sighted ’ — and it was clear that my disability would become more acute , the teachers and girls at school found some semblance of the tolerance and understanding that they had previously lacked , and I slowly began to edge my way up the academic ladder . |
| 5 | At seven on the Saturday night of the prêt-à-porter showings , I make my way up the mirrored staircase in Chanel 's couture house in the rue Cambon . |
| 6 | I begin at the foot of the column and toil my way up the page to find each story unedifyingly summarized in inch-high type . |
| 7 | Soon I was groping my way up the tight , black corkscrew , mole-mode . |
| 8 | I wended my way past the gentlemen , searching for glasses to replenish . |
| 9 | I pulled myself up the safety line and made my way past the tangle of tethers up to the surface , where the boat tender was frantically pulling in all the lines . |
| 10 | I just have to be careful as I pick my way past the grubby piles of snow at the edges of the pavement . |
| 11 | ‘ I knitted my way across the Atlantic , ’ he reveals . |
| 12 | As I wheeled my tenth-hand push-bike through the gates of the Parsons ' large detached house and made my way across the gravel forecourt past the guests ' Volvos and Audis , I began to feel uncomfortably out of my depth . |
| 13 | As the overture reaches ‘ Hi-Ho ’ , I grope my way across the pitch-black stage until my outstretched hands make contact with a rostrum set centre-stage . |
| 14 | The fire beside the storage tent and cook-house was still burning and trays were being carried to tents and houses when I made my way across the sand wrapped in shawls against the cold . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I picked my way across the bottom meadows like a clockwork ballerina dancing from dry tuft to dry tuft and followed the footpath to Stalling Husk Old Church . |
| 17 | Latterly I was digitalised and pulsed my way across the dark convexities of visual-display units . |
| 18 | I jumped up and picked my way across the table . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | After a few days my condition improved , the weather changed dramatically , and I made my way across the cultivated , fertile fields of Normandy . |
| 21 | My tiredness had now almost disappeared as I made my way along the drive of Brigade H.Q and out into the village . |
| 22 | The woods crowd in on me as I make my way along the ancient track . |
| 23 | I left them to it and made my way along the inner side of the curving wall towards the doorway . |
| 24 | So I wormed my way along the roadside ditch , getting torn and scratched by thorns in the process , until I judged I was opposite to where the animal lay , peaceably chewing the cud . |
| 25 | I inched my way along the wall towards the narrow opening . |
| 26 | I worked my way along the haphazard-looking perimeter fence formed from the tombs of kings and bishops ; all one piece , all stitched together by a web of carved stone and iron railings . |
| 27 | I felt my way along the course of the oesophagus and it was perfectly clear . |
| 28 | This platform was also fast filling up , but I managed to edge my way along the wall-walk to the shade of a chattri at the south-east corner . |
| 29 | Then I buttoned myself into my grey raincoat , put on my brown felt hat , switched off the office lights and made my way along the corridor to the lift . |
| 30 | Making my way along the zigzag corridor in Car 2 , I found the bed in my single " roomette " facing the rear of the train . |