Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] a [adj] way [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the ducal lament graphically highlighted some of the problems of the past it failed to chart a new way ahead for the industry . |
| 2 | While the ducal lament graphically highlighted some of the problems of the past it failed to chart a new way ahead for the industry . |
| 3 | We might have to look a long way back . ’ |
| 4 | Wishful thinking apart , it 's more likely that he 's making the most of a nice soft bed and reasonable food , ’ said Marcus , trying to find a creative way out of the check Pete had put him in . |
| 5 | If the hair should snap off from the tear , it may drift for many kilometres on the wind , falling slowly , and come to rest a long way down-wind from the vent . |
| 6 | A long time in the dark and he d have to go a long way round if he was n't to upset the sheep and alert Jack . |
| 7 | Salmon have to find a safe way upstream past bears , and monkeys have to get to the fruit without waking the jaguars . |