Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [vb pp] [art] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead she had leant even more on him and he just could n't take it , so had chosen the easy way out . |
| 2 | Second , by embracing collective entrepreneurship , the Japanese especially have found a different way to achieve competitive advantage while maintaining high real wages . |
| 3 | They won it clearly after Spence and McCloskey were out-pointed on decisions that could easily have gone the other way . |
| 4 | Making a name for himself as a boxer in the army had come easy to him , and had it been peace time he could probably have gone a long way in the sport . |
| 5 | The decision would probably have gone the other way had 100,000 men not already been back at work , mainly in the more prosperous East and West Midland areas . |
| 6 | He quietly looked into solving his problems , he got some treatment and really has come a long way . |
| 7 | Jim said : ‘ We had to tackle the traditionally bad image of train catering and we really have come a tremendous way as far as quality is concerned . |
| 8 | To Henry it may well have seemed a sensible way of killing two birds with one stone — chastising rebels and at the same time providing his warlike second son with useful experience . |
| 9 | He is still extremely grateful to the SMH , though his results on behalf of the paper since have gone a long way to repaying any debt of gratitude . |
| 10 | Spices certainly have come a long way since their early days , when they were a rare commodity and it was considered an honour to receive them as a gift . |