Example sentences of "it was the [adj] way [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was fairly erm revolutionary at the time in in the fact it was really adopting a client server approach in network computing , and it was the first way to do that . |
| 2 | Struggling with an unfamiliar language , the simplest conversations were misinterpreted , as when Herbert Hobden ( Holzinger ) failed to understand why ‘ yes ’ was pronounced ‘ yessah ’ at school until someone explained that it was the respectful way to address the teacher : ‘ Yes , sir . |
| 3 | But he insisted it was the best way to banish the bitterness of the recent past . |
| 4 | It was the best way to make a snug billet for himself . |
| 5 | Bricks and mortar used to much more than a sound investment — it was the best way to make serious money . |
| 6 | I figured it was the best way to keep the interaction between the guitar and the lyrics , which is the whole point for me . |
| 7 | It was the perfect way to round off the season , although Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna might not have agreed after crashing out while disputing the lead . |
| 8 | ‘ It was the only way to lessen the risks , and maximise our chances of survival . ’ |
| 9 | She spoke firmly , knowing it was the only way to lie . |
| 10 | But , as she gazed around at the chintz sofas , and the French-provincial-style velvet-upholstered dining-room chairs — which she could see through a far open doorway — it occurred to Laura that maybe it was the only way to preserve such sumptuous furnishings on a shoreline likely to be damp and salty in the latter part of the year , while , outside the large windows , she could see automatic sprinklers drenching the fine green lawns that ran down to the beach . |
| 11 | Appearing cool and calm would be difficult , but it was the only way to deal with this man . |
| 12 | Had to draw the stick — it was the only way to save myself . |
| 13 | Derek refused and they again threatened him that it was the only way to save his sister from being interned and himself from being charged with murder and gunrunning . |
| 14 | It was the only way to put an end to it — I even thought it might help her . ’ |
| 15 | She wanted to slap him for his cruelty and it was the only way to stop herself from springing at him . |
| 16 | Well , they always said it was the only way to go and he believed it . |
| 17 | Yet it was the only way to go if the labels they represent were to compete with the might of the majors . |
| 18 | Laura declined the offer of a public honour , knowing it was the only way to salvage her husband 's personal honour , which was the more important to her . |
| 19 | He admitted that with prevailing high interest rates he was not particularly keen to mount a management bid , but would do so if it was the only way to safeguard shareholder value . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're going to be angry with me and then we 'll agree it was the only way to strike against any possible opposition . |
| 21 | Running and sport took on a new emphasis as it was the only way to keep warm . |
| 22 | It was the only way to keep my family safe … safe from his murdering hands around their necks . |
| 23 | If you were desperate enough , it was the only way to travel , but on a frosty night in the middle of December , you had to be desperate . |
| 24 | It was the only way to get to you in time . |
| 25 | ‘ It was the only way to get close to him . ’ |
| 26 | I said well I apologize for sending all that sir , I said , but I said it was the only way to get somebody 's attention of what was going on ! |