Example sentences of "[pron] was [adv] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He called to her when she was half-way up the open stairway to the bedroom she had shared with Francis ; Francis 's bedroom . |
| 2 | She had brought detective novels and thrillers and cursed her hectic reading speed : only the second day and she was half-way down the pile . |
| 3 | She was only up the town . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ But me an' yer muvver always used ter be goin' out when we were younger , even if it was only up the Kings Arms on Saturday nights . |
| 5 | She somebody has fenced it off , she says I could see them far enough , she said , we always had that bit for our camp and it was further down the glen . |
| 6 | He was half-way down the hatch with Sammy in his arms when he remembered something . |
| 7 | He was halfway up the final flight when he heard the voiders ' whistle in the street outside , its piercing din unmistakable . |
| 8 | All the same , by the time he was halfway down the passage , she was coming back , staggering under the weight of a large , square , glass case . |