Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] was [prep] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | And was the most modern station so it was obvious Street was on the way out . |
| 2 | Barrister David Ashton , acting for the liquidators of the Isle of Man Savings and Investment Bank , told the court that good news was on the way for the mostly small depositors , many of whom lost their life savings when the Douglas-based bank collapsed seven years ago . |
| 3 | She had given the instruction more to get the hysterical woman out of her hair , since she already knew her medical bag was on the way . |
| 4 | Within a few years a temporary revival was on the way , however , and William Titford , grandson of William the Emigrant , was achieving a fair degree of success as a partner in the silk-manufacturing business of Cotes , Titford and Brookes , then operating in Union Street , Bishopsgate . |
| 5 | The lure of big money was on the way and director Bob Rafelson had fortunately obtained Jack 's signature for another BBS film before the price went up and put him back on track as a counter-culture player , a route which Nicholson analysed in terms of the way he wanted his career to go . |
| 6 | But in England the financial department was on the way to becoming a formal institution . |
| 7 | The other difference was in the way in which the association was organised . |
| 8 | The original bitterness was over the way Niki had pointed a gun at McLaren 's head and taken the team for a great deal of money . |