Example sentences of "half-way [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Half-way down the great boulevard a fakir shouted up to Dara that previously he had always been generous to the poor ; but now he understood that Dara had nothing to give .
2 A moment later , his shining , wet body landed half-way up the grassy bank where Van Cheele was standing .
3 His hostess was beginning to wilt as she greeted the guests who , by now , were queuing half-way up the grand staircase .
4 Ann was already half-way up the primitive stairway , a series of flat stones jutting out from the inner surface of the highest section of wall .
5 He called to her when she was half-way up the open stairway to the bedroom she had shared with Francis ; Francis 's bedroom .
6 Crowfield is half-way up the south-eastern edge of Wattisham 's north-easterly ‘ panhandle ’ , so I drew a small circle at the appropriate point and joined it and Gransden with a straight line .
7 Half-way up the handsome pine staircase that Catherine installed , a collection of locally bought antiques is displayed for guests to purchase .
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