Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [prep] [art] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Winds of 110mph were on the way . |
| 2 | ‘ I could n't see his face very well because the leaves and branches were in the way , but I saw him climb the fence and steal the bulbs . ’ |
| 3 | From the start , they had worked together like brothers , with respect and affection , and Coleman 's grief was in no way lightened by a suspicion that the killers might have fingered Asmar through him . |
| 4 | Er and this this case the there was a fire in a flat , the chap had gone out to work , we did n't know he 'd gone out to work , so we broke First of all we informed the fire brigade was on the way , we broke down the door , quick look in the flat , best possible way we could look , and the fire brigade turned up and dealt with the flat . |
| 5 | Suffice it to say that the applicant asserts Mr. Tee was in no way concerned with the running of Winchester 's business . |
| 6 | But in England the financial department was on the way to becoming a formal institution . |
| 7 | A sort of bovine preoccupation enveloped me when Rebecca was on the way . |
| 8 | The delight of the Gloucester supporters was in no way diminished by the fact that Barnes had missed three easy kicks at goal , any one of which would have wrapped up the game for Bath . |
| 9 | He thought he might because evening prayer on Good Friday was in a way a funeral service . |
| 10 | The fact that the efficiency of rivets was in no way improved by capping them with precious metal provides another indication of the limitations of material factors in accounting for technical innovation . |
| 11 | Now although the only known brother of Æthelred named Edmund died in the early 970s , when Thietmar of Merseburg describes events in England in 1016 he tells how , after a battle in which Edmund was killed , the Danes fled from before London because they had heard that help was on the way from Edmund 's brother Æthelstan and the Britannis . |
| 12 | But the problem was n't even helped there because you see he could n't get up the stairs easily , because the wardrobe was in the way . |
| 13 | The ship 's cat was in every way appropriate to the Reach . |
| 14 | I got my first into the sea close off Sliema and the second was on the way out some miles further out and he went in without a top wing . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Four months after the centenary celebrations and they still pour forth P though in truth we have had plenty of warning that Gavrilov 's contributions were on the way . |
| 17 | Alan Knight made a stunning reflex save from Phillips five minutes from time and it looked as though Boro were on the way out . |
| 18 | There is a possibility that minister here refers to Ealdhun and that Offa was angered because Ealdhun had given his lands to Christ Church , Canterbury , without King Ecgberht 's permission , but even if this were the case , it is clear that Offa 's reaction was to the way in which Ecgberht also had made grants of land without his permission ; he revoked both Ealdhun 's donations and Ecgberht 's , not only to Canterbury but to Rochester . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The other difference was in the way in which the association was organised . |
| 21 | The first need was for a way to evaluate positions : to see which side was ahead , and by how much . |
| 22 | By the end of 1922 the figure had jumped to a remarkable 155 , showing that recovery was on the way and economic activity increasing . |
| 23 | Mr. Major said the figures proved recovery was on the way . |
| 24 | We have recently received a claim from a class member who had an accident in a class and as the teacher was in no way responsible that claim had to be refused . |
| 25 | The outcome of this process was in no way predetermined . |
| 26 | MORE rain was on the way to much of Britain yesterday just hours after parts of Scotland and northern England finished clearing up after floods and snowfalls . |
| 27 | ‘ Ba , ’ she said , ‘ did you not say Wilson was in the way of being in touch ? , |
| 28 | This left the throne to be fought over by thirteen competitors and the kingdom vulnerable to the ambitions of Edward I. Wars resulting from territorial ambitions were in no way unusual . |
| 29 | Kurt Hager , the 77-year-old chief party ideologue who first indicated changes were on the way , insisted in Moscow yesterday : ‘ The leadership is united and will remain so , even though people keep on trying to invent disputes . ’ |
| 30 | Changes were on the way ; but not because the British government or the Governor initiated them , Dorman-Smith and Knight had managed to stone-wall for almost a year ; largely because Bogyoke was occupied in building up his power base . |