Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [verb] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps in the matter of excitement Davis and Baker between them had a special way of making the blood dance , but ( listen to the Overture , for instance ) Nelson achieves a fine clarity of texture and , even more than Davis , he makes the phrases ‘ speak ’ . |
| 2 | I know it is hard for those of you travelling a long way , but it is very disconcerting for the poor teacher to have a steady trickle of latecomers all through the lesson — particularly when most of the latecomers are not the people who have travelled furthest ! |
| 3 | All of us felt a long way from the happy days when ‘ we never had it so good ’ . |
| 4 | Hee-Haw carried me through the trees and the three of us travelled a long way . |
| 5 | The document before us goes a long way towards providing for the independence of the monetary institution , which will be a crucial element in the success of a single currency . |