Pattern: V way prep/adv

The pattern can be best understood by viewing the interactive construction network link above.

To examine the individual constructions please see the tables below:

Examples
Hungry snails are munching their way through thousands of Christmas cards... (BNC)
…we would see our way to a solution… (BNC)
She joked her way through school. (enTenTen20)
[He] sat at an oak table working his way through a mound of papers. (BNC)
The pair slouched their way toward Athens. (enTenTen20)
Constructions
1. the make your way somewhere construction2. the feel your way somewhere construction3. the push your way somewhere construction4. the inch your way somewhere construction5. the struggle your way somewhere construction6. the pedal your way somewhere construction7. the slouch your way somewhere construction8. the vehicle thunders its way somewhere construction
9. the lie your way out of a situation construction10. the plead your way towards a goal construction11. the bulldoze your way through a problem construction12. the ease your way into a situation construction13. the see your way towards a goal construction14. the grow your way out of difficulty construction15. the murder your way to a goal construction16. the bungle your way through a situation construction
17. the drone your way through an event construction18. the croak your way through an event construction19. the smile your way through an event construction20. the joke your way through a period of time construction21. the work your way through an artefact construction22. the munch your way through food construction23. the river snakes its way through the environment construction

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