SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] a long way	701
2	[be] a long way	391
3	be a long way	391
4	go a long way	254
5	[is] a long way	221
6	[vb pp] a long way	216
7	[adv] a long way	213
8	[adv] a long way	167
9	come a long way	141
10	[vb -s] a long way	127
11	come a long way	118
12	's a long way	113
13	[vb infin] a long way	109
14	is a long way	108
15	[vb past] a long way	101
16	have a long way	96
17	[vb base] a long way	91
18	[was/were] a long way	88
19	still a long way	88
20	still a long way	88
21	go a long way	87
22	[prep] a long way	78
23	[prep] a long way	78
24	was a long way	70
25	goes a long way	60
26	quite a long way	52
27	quite a long way	52
28	[am/are] a long way	50
29	gone a long way	44
30	[adv prt] a long way	44