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 . |