Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [be] [prep] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack had married the daughter of the Westward family , as unlikely a match as was ever known in the country , but necessary since a child was on the way . |
| 2 | Moving furniture is always a sign that a move is on the way . |
| 3 | Sam 's business acumen , now even more sharpened , concentrated on further expansion ( Imperial Chemicals , take warning — a take-over is on the way ) . |
| 4 | ‘ There is n't a single economic indicator which suggests that a recovery is on the way . |
| 5 | Equal numbers have congratulated the ad agency for reviving memories of the thrill of discovering a baby is on the way . |
| 6 | Perhaps he would wait until a baby was on the way , for Mrs Darne had not failed to notice that these days extramarital pregnancy , once a horrible disgrace , was often the loudly publicized occasion for a wedding , with the bride , far from ashamed of herself , carrying all proudly before her . |
| 7 | There were one or two ladies in Baldersdale who were very good at midwifery , which was just as well when a baby was on the way and the doctor could n't get there in time , or the weather impeded him . |
| 8 | John Franklin , director of corporate finance at the merchant bank Morgan Grenfell , whose clients include both societies and prospective bidders , is convinced a bid for a society is on the way : ‘ The first merger will see the light of day early next year . ’ |
| 9 | At first it went slowly , but in December Luch could tell the bees , warm in their straw wrappings , that an heir was on the way . |