Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [vb pp] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by the third edition Spock had withdrawn a longish way from the doctrine that natural loving care cures all ills . |
| 2 | The working-class youth had inherited a traditional way of watching a match , |
| 3 | Yet by the time Gorbachev became General Secretary in 1985 , the historical profession had advanced a long way from the crudities of Stalin 's era . |
| 4 | The fact that the party 's final net loss was only eight seats indicated that Clinton 's popularity had gone a considerable way towards offsetting the effects of reapportionment . |
| 5 | By the middle of the fourth century , Christianity had gone a long way towards assimilating the dominant culture of pagan Romans . |
| 6 | The half-caste prostitute 's son had come a long way . |