Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [art] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what hurt Gower more than being rejected for flop Graeme Hick was the way he was told . |
| 2 | Simon was the way out of all this mess and confusion . |
| 3 | Supporting West Ham was a way of staying an East-Ender , going to the Boleyn pub beside Upton Park and ‘ steaming in ’ against rival supporters or immigrants . |
| 4 | The Garden of Eden was the way certain people would describe any charming landscape . |
| 5 | Talking to Nephthys was a way of getting to know her dead sister by proxy , for she had plenty of spirit , and within her there was a streak of rebellion against her family , particularly her father , though there was no hint of it in any word she spoke . |
| 6 | But even worse than this neglect of anything that happened outside the courts of Europe was the way that political history was distilled into a narrative , based on whatever literary evidence was at hand . |
| 7 | The music of The Smiths was a way of life for me and still is . |
| 8 | Turning the attack back on Doyle was a way of defending her — and of putting off the moment when he had to answer the question himself . |