Modifying Another Word

• hopefully: We are looking forward to working with EDHA and this will hopefully pave the way for similar schemes in area.

• thus: ODA can also help to improve the environment for private sector activity and thus pave the way for robust growth.

Object

• path: Tommy dreamt of a path paved with gold and a stairway which led to the truth.

Preposition: with

• sett: The lock side area has been paved with stone setts.

• pebble: It is held in an old stable, the floor being still paved with pebbles.

• intention: The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

• slab: The paths leading past the church are paved with grave slabs.

• marble: It was they who restored the orangery and had the main hall paved with marble.

• gold: Here in Hackney the streets could still be paved with gold.

Preposition: in

• stone: The floor of the pool was granolithic paving and all footways were paved in artificial stone.

Modifying Another Word

• ultimately: Philip King was the forerunner of the Whitehall farces and ultimately paved the way for such well loved British comedy as Dad's Army.

• completely: A patio area, for example, does not have to be completely paved at one time.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• over: Now paved over in polished white limestone, it is also the main shopping street.