Example sentences of "[was/were] on [art] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | The crash happened as Ontong , a Glamorgan player for 15 seasons , and Steve Barwick , his team-mate , were on the way to a Championship game in Essex 14 months ago . |
| 3 | A spokeswoman for the print union , Sogat , said such practices were on the way out . |
| 4 | Because in the poorer streets , if you saw — the neighbours in the street knew an old couple , they were too old to work … and if you saw an old blue van with a coat of arms on it with an old horse , old grey horse driven by an old grey man , drive up the street , stop outside the door , you knew that the old couple were on the way to the workhouse . |
| 5 | Often , before the arrival of the hunters , somebody tipped off the clansmen that the authorities were on the way . |
| 6 | Not like when you were on the way to the knacker 's — that was different , was n't it ? ’ |
| 7 | We called you Robina after a friend of the family because she died when you were on the way . |
| 8 | Further reinforcements were on the way aboard a big convoy sailing from Gibraltar . |
| 9 | Winds of 110mph were on the way . |
| 10 | Ford union leaders said fresh cutbacks were on the way after a meeting with management . |
| 11 | Two breaks of serve in the second gave McCarthy her victory and the Americans were on the way . |
| 12 | A few days later an Englishman had spoken to him on the phone , saying an envelope of pictures Manningham might find interesting were on the way by express registered post . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | As soon as one set of questions were on the way to being answered , others seemed to take their place . |
| 16 | ‘ All I do know is that when we were on the way here he was asking me a great many questions about what went on in the village . |
| 17 | I mean th th th th they were on the way to military security , but were they going , they , they , they recognized they had to carry the population with them . |
| 18 | ‘ Is your sister expecting you at a specific time ? ’ asked Penry when they were on the way to Haverfordwest at last . |
| 19 | Alan Knight made a stunning reflex save from Phillips five minutes from time and it looked as though Boro were on the way out . |
| 20 | We were on the way back from visiting |
| 21 | Mm , I thought they were on the way here , I saw loads of for sale signs but I did n't see any new ones |
| 22 | It came to have Connolly 's support and was on the way to becoming thoroughly nationalist and republican under Connolly 's influence . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | By the end of 1922 the figure had jumped to a remarkable 155 , showing that recovery was on the way and economic activity increasing . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | But in the meantime another form of recording was on the way — ‘ digital recording ’ . |
| 28 | But in England the financial department was on the way to becoming a formal institution . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | At times I was on the way down and the ball was on the way up . |