Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [prep] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two more golden eagle sightings were ours on the way . |
| 2 | Rose wished that they could be married quickly but now that there was nothing in the way of it Moran grew cautious and evasive . |
| 3 | The Tolkien children were invited to swim and punt on Lewis 's lake at The Kilns , but there was nothing in the way of a ‘ family friendship ’ between the two . |
| 4 | One 's impetus was such that , provided there was nothing in the way , one would be carried through Bridge Street , right over Patrick 's Bridge , and halfway into Patrick 's Street , Cork 's main thoroughfare , before having to put foot to pedal once more . |
| 5 | There was , there was nothing in the way of a union or anything like that ? |
| 6 | The story has it that young de Malleray , a second-lieutenant in the same regiment , having heard the first news but not the sequel , was himself on the way up to the line that evening , and encountered his father 's Colonel . |
| 7 | There was something about the way Kelly was speaking that seemed unlike her . |
| 8 | There was something about the way she was treating them that still seemed odd to Masklin . |
| 9 | ok , this poem 's called erm A Pause In A Moment Worn out days dressed in damp wheat , heavy coat pulling at tired shoulders , memory pushed back , brought forward in the click of a stick , pause in a moment , sunset reflected in eyes offering the warmth of recognition , so that poem started with the overcoat and that was the mood as I say , that was the mood of rejection erm and there was something about the way the old girl was looking at the women on the bridge , almost as if there was this recognition and , as it brought back memories that perhaps went or as black as the overcoat , erm the next er painting which I 'm going to read to you about is erm have you |
| 10 | There was something about the way he looked at her . |
| 11 | There was something about the way he said it , in a tone of calm wisdom , that just for a moment made Lisa curious . |
| 12 | There was something about the way she said it which made people nervous . |
| 13 | There was something about the way that Foley spoke . |
| 14 | ‘ There was something about the way she asked it that made me suspicious . |
| 15 | There was something about the way he was watching her , his dark eyes so intent and … knowing , that fired her temper . |
| 16 | Miguel stood where she had left him , outlined against the star-studded sky , and there was something about the way he was standing that reminded her of someone else … |
| 17 | He intrigued her , there was something about the way he acted , the way he spoke that made him different from all the other vagrants that she had met . |
| 18 | Jordi 's head was set beautifully on his broad shoulders , and there was something in the way he held his neck to support that head which was unmistakably intelligent and sexy . |
| 19 | There was something in the way she said it , something in the rapid toss of her head . |
| 20 | There was something in the way he spoke that riveted her attention . |
| 21 | So , er , what the description was there by the way , it 's not meant to be a description of the person . |