Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] a long way " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless , Mr Lamont has a long way to go before he can recover the confidence of Scottish business leaders .
2 And though , once she hit her formidable histrionic stride , it was possible to feel that a little of Bette Davis went a long way , her excesses were surely preferable to the homogenised blandness of those mass-produced Hollywood sirens of whom a lot went a very little way indeed .
3 My posting to the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes seemed a long way away .
4 THE picture above shows the ideal set-up for the modern work station , and the new EC regulations go a long way to achieving this .
5 Gateshead and the Reed family seemed a long way away .
6 DAMON Hill went a long way towards fulfilling the hopes of his family and army of fans when he grabbed provisional pole position for Sunday 's Monaco Grand Prix .
7 Mister Grant has a long way to go before he will fully recover from his injuries .
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