Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] a [adj] way [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got a long way to go to get to high class . |
| 2 | ‘ I came a long way to say I 'm sorry , ’ Leonora reminded him . |
| 3 | ‘ I wanted a legitimate way to increase my profile , ’ Shelley says , ‘ but I do n't like doing things just for my own benefit , so I was very comfortable with this idea because it was intended to benefit all its members . ’ |
| 4 | Being a mere apprentice was boring and carried no cachet , and Lydia was dauntedly aware that she had a long way to go before she achieved the skills and ease of perfection . |
| 5 | We had a long way to go and to start by knocking the monarchy would n't go down too well at home . |
| 6 | The majority of people were sympathetic , but we had a long way to go before people would be shouting ‘ Honte à la reine Britannique ’ in the streets . |
| 7 | They had a long way to go . |
| 8 | They had a long way to go before that could happen . |
| 9 | Consistent with his medico-chemical interests was his Edinburgh MD thesis ‘ On the theory of Chemical Combination ’ ( 1861 ) , in which he proposed a new way to represent chemical constitution : each atom was to be indicated by the chemical symbol for the element concerned , bonds between atoms being symbolized by lines . |
| 10 | He hated the vulgarity of showing off the delegates as though they were exhibits , and the insincerity of pretending that platitudes were pronouncements of world-shaking import , and the feeling that he came a long way to greet fellow-Christians and found himself turned into a ham-actor on a second-rate stage . |
| 11 | Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ? |
| 12 | It was only when I was almost in despair that I recalled having seen a letter written by a knitter from overseas , about an easy way to make cables and it seemed a pleasant way to take a break by referring back a few months until I found the letter from — you 've guessed it — June Shaw . |
| 13 | Anne : he had a long way to go do you think he 's done enough to survive ? |