be on the track of

Example Sentences

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"But a big surprise is always a clue you might be on the track of something."

From Time Magazine Archive

It was most tiresome of her to come just now, for Maisie felt she might really be on the track of the lost kitten at last.

From Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes by Barnes, Robert

Cinders was obviously exploring on his own account, and believed himself to be on the track of some quarry.

From The Rocks of Valpre by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

Falloden seemed occasionally to be on the track of an explanation, which would then vanish and evade him.

From Lady Connie by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

It seemed to him that Ransome was taking an unusually long time about it, that he must be on the track of some terrible discovery.

From Anne Severn and the Fieldings by Sinclair, May