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 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

His well-drilled human bloodhounds would be on the track of the English spy, whenever the latter dared to venture out into the streets.

From The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

If oil can be used to good effect anywhere upon troubled waters, we should judge that it might be on the track of vessels between Tasmania and South New Zealand.

From Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands by Ballou, Maturin Murray

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.