Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [verb] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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1 | Which I think goes a long way . |
2 | I 've travelled a long way today . ’ |
3 | I 've come a long way — I may have to go much farther — and I 'm not turning back now . |
4 | I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress . |
5 | But I 've come a long way and er so I 'll go back next er Wednesday to the department and er er if people will bear with me and put up with it er I 'll take it er fairly slowly to start with but I dare say there will come a time when er erm you wo n't notice much difference . |
6 | ‘ I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty , ’ she 'd say . |
7 | mm , I 've got a long way to go yet then have I ? |
8 | But I have gone a long way from my original fine lace and the number of strokes of the lace carriage . |
9 | Then the Bishop firmly gripped the King 's tunic round his chest and shook it violently , saying again , " You owe me a kiss because I have come a long way to see you . " |
10 | But I have come a long way since then |
11 | You seem to have an excellent way with them , with the younger ones . |
12 | ‘ Mr McKillop , you 've travelled a long way and you 've worked hard but I think this is as far as you 're likely to get . ’ |
13 | ‘ You 've got a nasty way of expressing yourself , d' you know that ? |
14 | You 've got a long way to go before you can set up on your own . |
15 | As I say you 've er , you 've got a long way to go , okay , fine thank you . |
16 | Yes cos you 've got a long way |
17 | You 've got a long way to travel . |
18 | You 've got a funny way of going on , I must say . |
19 | You 've come a long way in a short time . ’ |
20 | You 've come a long way for a late-night drink . ’ |
21 | ‘ I do n't doubt it , Seb , you 've come a long way from the poor , sickly boy who arrived here from London only a couple of years ago . ’ |
22 | You 've come a long way from Manchester to deal with that . |
23 | ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’ |
24 | But the family sat on with the inertia of those who have travelled a long way and are reluctant to face the effort of arrival . |
25 | It will create interest in the foreground which I think is important and often , especially looking across water an expanse of water if you have n't got any interesting detail in the foreground yo you have to go a long way into the picture before it begins to get interesting . |
26 | But , ’ he continued seriously , ‘ I do see danger for you and I also feel sorry , as you have come a long way for nothing . ’ |
27 | Douglas McIldoon , of the EC , said : ‘ This document demonstrates that you have come a long way in this region and it will give us great pleasure in working with you to make it happen . ’ |
28 | If we progress past the 2nd playing round in either — we tend to go a long way … otherwise we tendto get caught cold as it were … and in the FA cup draw the finalists/winners … |
29 | But sh sh sure they can succ succ they can succeed in creating capitalism , it , it it , it might succeed in paving the way for new China 's industrialization but we 've gone a long way from any any ideological position , we 've gone a long way from well what is in the best material benefiting class of the poor peasant now the poor peasant is not gon na get very much out of this . |
30 | But sh sh sure they can succ succ they can succeed in creating capitalism , it , it it , it might succeed in paving the way for new China 's industrialization but we 've gone a long way from any any ideological position , we 've gone a long way from well what is in the best material benefiting class of the poor peasant now the poor peasant is not gon na get very much out of this . |