Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | To escape from Heathcliff I must go a long way away . |
| 2 | I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics . |
| 3 | So far readers have raised £13,400 , which will go a long way towards safeguarding the centre 's future . |
| 4 | A lot of changes are being made which will go a long way towards making the garments more user friendly . |
| 5 | You may prefer a different way . |
| 6 | You may favour a different way , but try them all and see . |
| 7 | You 'll enjoy a new way of eating , based on natural , whole ingredients , with this diet plan — and you wo n't have to go hungry |
| 8 | But if you learn semaphore or the Morse code , you 'll have a fun way to send messages — without paying a penny ! |
| 9 | She used to come a long way , right from the top of to walk down to her Co-op , a long way . |
| 10 | I well remember I said to myself at the time , " there is a lad who will go a long way . " |
| 11 | So the little sketchbook doodles I made from the car might be all that is needed : a few slight marks pointing to the lack of incident in a country where you can travel a long way without seeming to get anywhere — which is what I felt about my own artistic journey . |
| 12 | ‘ You can see a long way from up here , ’ said Simon . |
| 13 | You can get a long way with three parts and with four you can conquer the world ! |
| 14 | Now one must go a long way upriver to find them , far into Sudan and Uganda . |
| 15 | In other words , we must identify a unique way of representing each possible pattern of communication a process might exhibit . |
| 16 | Mr Edmonds added : ‘ So we must find a new way of running our society so that people , who want to work , can . |
| 17 | ‘ If only we could devise a safe way of laying our hands on all that money , ’ murmured Pugwash , whose greed was as proverbial as his cowardice . |
| 18 | It was a very clear day and we could see a long way . |
| 19 | At the head of the stairs she paused and gripped the broad banister ; then slowly descending the stairs , she muttered to herself , ‘ A little of that one will go a long way . ’ |
| 20 | We can go a long way in the sociology of culture by studying cultural institutions , formations and means of production . |
| 21 | And no matter how fresh the lads might get they 'll have a long way to go before they reach your handling , wo n't they , Andrew ? ’ |
| 22 | The house seemed to stand in a field near the top of a hill , and they could see a long way . |
| 23 | ‘ And they 'd go a long way to ‘ elp ‘ im if ever ‘ e ‘ ad a problem . ’ |
| 24 | and they can walk a long way |
| 25 | So , you know what these girls are , they sort of I personally , you know , as it were a trained scientist , a certified chemist who you tend to , to take a , a slightly er diagnostic view of things , but that 's not quite right , but you take a slightly objective view of things and I , I , I , I 've been thinking to myself ah it is rotten unfair on girls because sometimes sort of between about fifteen and twenty five , but now I suppose because they 're all growing up so much earlier it 's between ten and twenty , they have a pretty monumental change , they , and , and it 's not a bundle of laughs but they can talk to their friends , they can see their friends and talk to their mothers , they can get a vague way it 's gon na affect them and they can you know , sort of , let's say twenty , twenty five settle into a routine which has variations every , during the four weeks and they vary between individuals , I mean it 's well known |
| 26 | For many households , housing is the major available asset and it may constitute a central way in which wealth is transferred between generations . |
| 27 | Together with thick carpet and underfelt , it should go a long way to pleasing the occupants of the flat below . |
| 28 | ‘ He 'll go a long way out of his way for something he likes to eat , will your average fox . |
| 29 | Pringle believes that although there are other biographies of Bacon on the way , Paul 's will have the perfect combination of sensibility and interest — I think he 'll find a new way through to Bacon ’ . |
| 30 | He 'd come a long way for a dude from Texas , and it had all been so very easy for the man with the Gary Cooper smile . |