Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] a [adj] way [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’ |
| 2 | I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty , ’ she 'd say . |
| 4 | You 've got a long way to go before you can set up on your own . |
| 5 | As I say you 've er , you 've got a long way to go , okay , fine thank you . |
| 6 | mm , I 've got a long way to go yet then have I ? |
| 7 | It does n't need me to say that we 've got a long way to go . |
| 8 | You 've got a long way to travel . |
| 9 | If electric cars are going to have a significant future , we have to find a cleaner way to generate electricity . " |
| 10 | Then the Bishop firmly gripped the King 's tunic round his chest and shook it violently , saying again , " You owe me a kiss because I have come a long way to see you . " |
| 11 | First we felt that women have come a long way given the very radical and novel nature of their demands to enter public life as individuals in their own right . |
| 12 | Scientists in France have found a new way to bring the past back to life . |
| 13 | Second , by embracing collective entrepreneurship , the Japanese especially have found a different way to achieve competitive advantage while maintaining high real wages . |
| 14 | VICE cops in Italy have found a novel way to stop kerb-crawlers . |
| 15 | Certainly we have gone a long way to improve the ‘ traditional ’ British Rail sandwich . ’ |
| 16 | Hard-hit farmers have discovered a new way to make money … by turning their fields into racing circuits . |