Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] a [adj] way " in BNC.

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1 Joe and I mean I come a long way and they said he told them I wan na pop in Friday morning before we go He was surprised He said well I were n't surprised , I said but er you know I want a name yeah well , he just said well I ca n't he ca n't fault me on anything .
2 Let me suggest a new way to handle your clients .
3 Until that day arrives they remain a useful way of detecting the desktop publishing bore !
4 In the middle of many clashes and difficulties were the men whom I had met , and to whom , if I had been a true friend , I might have given something of the faith and spirit which could have helped them find a better way for their people .
5 The opinion polls showed him lagging a long way behind the front-runners and suggested that he was going to fare very poorly in the New Hampshire contest .
6 We know he ran a long way .
7 You know he works a long way down , on the fourth floor under the stage .
8 Although I feel I have a long way to go , I 'm a lot more aware of myself , so whenever I get twinges of pain I adjust accordingly and the pain immediately eases .
9 I could hear him whistling a long way behind .
10 Whatever implement it was that hit him went a long way round his skull but did n't penetrate very far , for which he should thank his stars . ’
11 They stopped only to pick up Cheryl , who saw them coming a long way off and ran down to the road to meet them .
12 He got a little overtime and he made it go a long way .
13 " Do you have a long way to go ? "
14 The sponsorship money will be used to upgrade facilities at the Stoop Memorial Ground because , according to chairman Roger Looker , ‘ We recognise we have a long way to go towards what we consider to be adequate facilities , particularly if we sustain our growth ’ .
15 mind he had a Milky Way bar and then afterward he had a mini Milk
16 Does she live a long way off ? ’
17 Of the two Opens Sandy never looked like winning until the end ; Seve had it won a long way away .
18 Does it provide a new way of paying for welfare in the 1990s ?
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