Example sentences of "it [was/were] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | it were a , it were a efficient way of er getting dry mm and the next day there would of |
| 2 | Second , it was a logical way , as indicated in the scientifically precise plans of war-time Britain , of organizing the huge scale of building development that demand dictated would occur anyway . |
| 3 | The end of year deadline for eradication of asbestos-contaminated rolling stock , agreed many years ago between BR and the unions , was quietly and mutually forgotten when it was realised it was a long way from being achieved unless services were decimated . |
| 4 | Singapore , however , had one military drawback : it was a long way from the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf . |
| 5 | Along the main road , though lit , it was a long way ; across the seemingly vast open field , pitch dark , might lie rape , and murder , or freezing to death . |
| 6 | It was a long way home via Shearbridge Road . |
| 7 | It was a long way down . ’ |
| 8 | It was a long way down . |
| 9 | It was a long way from Brewer Street . |
| 10 | ‘ It was a long way carrying the baby . ‘ |
| 11 | It was a long way to Cornwall . |
| 12 | They will have experienced distance ( ‘ It was a long way to the seaside ’ ) ; time ( ‘ Please can I stay up longer ? ) ; quantity ( ‘ Can I have some more sweets ? ) ; capacity ( ‘ My glass is empty ’ ) and comparison ( ‘ I 'm taller than John ’ ) . |
| 13 | Tom read just enough of it to see that it was a long way from West Hampstead and no one he knew had been killed or injured . |
| 14 | No it was a long way to come from Plymouth you know so we did n't know . |
| 15 | The Yasa was made when your grandsire and mine both thought that it was a long way from Kinsai to the Eastern Sea , ’ he growled . |
| 16 | It was a long way from New York , let alone the West Coast , Beatles , Stones , and all . |
| 17 | It was a long way from the back streets of big cities and the criminal set , and even further from the grim-faced soldiers who had guarded her last assignment . |
| 18 | All the same it was a long way down and she hoped that Ana did not ever come here alone . |
| 19 | It was a long way to sunset , but the air in the tower seemed to be getting colder by the moment . |
| 20 | It was a long way and we did n't talk . |
| 21 | It was a long way , the road winding narrowly , curving unhurriedly over the flanks of the sheep-spangled hills that contoured the valley , gaining height slowly but steadily . |
| 22 | It was a long way to drive on the off-chance that something would come of it . |
| 23 | It was a long way to Hackballs Cross , and she hated herself for going , spat hatred at herself as she threw the Metro southwards . |
| 24 | Quite clearly , while I 'm not prepared to put a a figure on the contribution that conversions are going to make to the period to two thousand and six , I 'll be most surprised if it was a long way different from what has been taking place in the past . |
| 25 | If it was a long way out . |
| 26 | well at least Hereford fans did n't have to watch their team beaten on Saturday … which is more than can be said for Gloucester folk … it was a long way home from sale after losing seventeen to nineteen |
| 27 | It did not amount to a commitment for full compensation for pensioners but it was a long way from where the Chancellor started two days earlier . |
| 28 | We knew it it was a long way down but . |
| 29 | It was a long way down this road , I was right . |
| 30 | It was a quaint way of putting it , but Fabia knew what he was asking . |