Example sentences of "it was [det] way [prep] " in BNC.

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1 They said it was half way through
2 Yeah , on the six o'clock they said it was half way through and Nigel Mansell was the lead and I thought you were watching it live , so I would n't just come through and
3 Well it was half way through when I came in
4 In the dark hours after breakfast it was some way of controlling the monstrous disjuncture between his private and his public life .
5 It was some way from the lodging , and Paul 's attentions still made walking difficult ; it would not do to arrive dishevelled and swaying , and she had to use some of Mrs Gracie 's money on a cab .
6 Nowadays , of course , we understand that it was this way of talking about ethical abstractions that made them seem so mysterious .
7 It was another way of saying there would be no condemnations .
8 In s.2(1) ( b ) the phrase " let another do so " still refers to the accused 's own existing liability and it was another way of committing the offence .
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