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

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1 I said I thought it was that way but , you know , agreed with them .
2 It was half way through , and she could not understand a word of the dialogue and was surprised and rather indignant that she could not understand , for she had genuinely looked forward , with half of herself , to seeing a picture : as it was , she found herself obliged to concentrate on the other aspects of the affair .
3 They said it was half way through
4 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
5 it was half way outside .
6 Well it was half way through when I came in
7 Well , it was n't an oak-beamed house in the hills , but it was some way out of the city .
8 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 .
9 In the dark hours after breakfast it was some way of controlling the monstrous disjuncture between his private and his public life .
10 Nowadays , of course , we understand that it was this way of talking about ethical abstractions that made them seem so mysterious .
11 well , here , I think it fitted in , I think it was this way , it 's a little bit difficult to see from the decision itself , erm this do , when these were notified there were provisions in it for example in relation to admission and expulsion , which the commission objected to and erm , I think one can summarize that this must of happen , the commission said to the marketing question if you do n't remove this restriction or if you do n't erm eradicate what we see as the arbitrary element of
12 It was another way of saying there would be no condemnations .
13 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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