Example sentences of "be halfway [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How did the mice come to be halfway down a cliff in the first place ? ’ he had asked her . |
| 2 | Cobalt and the white-haired woman were halfway up a flight of stairs . |
| 3 | She and Ethel were halfway down the next flight of stairs when they were suddenly joined by Bryce . |
| 4 | The state of the river and a temperature barely above freezing means it is going to be hard today but I will still feed about a dozen maggots when I cast in , and them the same again when the float is halfway down the swim . |
| 5 | The cat was halfway up the tree , and it took Virginia quite a long time to reach it . |
| 6 | He was halfway up the final flight when he heard the voiders ' whistle in the street outside , its piercing din unmistakable . |
| 7 | As Miranda was halfway down the dark and narrow stairwell , she realised who it was who had so disarmed Madame that she had not scolded Marie-Angèle ( for not being downstairs to hand , to run the message up to Mlle Everard ) , or waited to reproach Miranda herself for allowing visitors to call without appointments and cause all this trouble to her hostess in the Hotel Davenant . |
| 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 . |