Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adv] [prep] the way " in BNC.

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1 The war was apparently in the way , but that was more as a result of misunderstanding than anything else .
2 But he had not changed physically , the difference was there in the way he let Susan take the empty cup from his hand without noticing .
3 The tower was soon in the way of traffic and was taken down by Mowlem who brought it , minus the clock , to Swanage by sailing ship where it was re-erected in 1868 in the grounds of The Grove , later greatly extended as the Grosvenor Hotel , and now to be redeveloped as marine residences .
4 Any player not committed to the cause was soon on the way through the exit door .
5 At that time our position was most of the way across the galaxy from the sector where the planet Vadinamia lay .
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