Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe I had walked a little way along the roadside , peering through the foliage hoping to get a better view , when I heard a voice behind me . |
| 2 | I had come a long way ; and I could recognise the signs of travel in others . |
| 3 | I 've travelled a long way today . ’ |
| 4 | I 've come a long way — I may have to go much farther — and I 'm not turning back now . |
| 5 | I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I 've tried a few ways of getting it off her … offering to telephone for her and so on , thinking she might improve if that was off her mind … ‘ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty , ’ she 'd say . |
| 9 | mm , I 've got a long way to go yet then have I ? |
| 10 | But I have gone a long way from my original fine lace and the number of strokes of the lace carriage . |
| 11 | 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 . " |
| 12 | But I have come a long way since then |
| 13 | I hear you 've come a long way . " |
| 14 | She has come a long way from 1755 when John Whiston described her poetry as ‘ extremely fit for young ladies … ‘ |
| 15 | ‘ How you must be wishing you 'd chosen a different way of doing things . ’ |
| 16 | I listened with fascination to this insider viewpoint , and the moody Miss Brickell suddenly became a real person , not a pathetic collection of dry bones , but a mixed-up pulsating young woman full of strong urges and stronger guilts who 'd piled on too much pressure , loaded her need of penitence and her heavy desires and perhaps finally her pregnancy onto someone who could n't bear it all , and who 'd seen a violent way to escape her . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You 've got a nasty way of expressing yourself , d' you know that ? |
| 19 | You 've got a long way to go before you can set up on your own . |
| 20 | As I say you 've er , you 've got a long way to go , okay , fine thank you . |
| 21 | Yes cos you 've got a long way |
| 22 | You 've got a long way to travel . |
| 23 | You 've got a funny way of going on , I must say . |
| 24 | You 've come a long way in a short time . ’ |
| 25 | You 've come a long way for a late-night drink . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 27 | You 've come a long way from Manchester to deal with that . |
| 28 | ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’ |
| 29 | She watched him leave the room , her heart heavy , as though she had run a long way uphill , and had not the strength for the return journey . |
| 30 | ‘ You know why I 'm here , ’ she said , her voice rasping in her throat as though she had run a long way . |