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 . |