Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ You can see a long way from up here , ’ said Simon . |
| 3 | You can get a long way with three parts and with four you can conquer the world ! |
| 4 | We can go a long way in the sociology of culture by studying cultural institutions , formations and means of production . |
| 5 | and they can walk a long way |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | In doing so it can go a long way towards lifting the depression which has afflicted too many teachers in recent years . |
| 8 | ‘ He can go a good way like this . ’ |