Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a [adj] way [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A recent demonstration of the 3M Computer Aided Retrieval system , which uses microfilm cartridges linked to a computer-generated indexing system , has suggested a cost-effective way forward here , which does not cut itself off from future DIP systems . |
| 2 | Scotland must have seemed a fair way away , and no chance this year of a real Hogmanay . |
| 3 | I 've travelled a long way today . ’ |
| 4 | They had come a long way very fast . |
| 5 | It had seemed a long way away , but in some ways it might be quite close . |
| 6 | She had been one of them once , but suddenly she had gone a long way away . |
| 7 | She watched him leave the room , her heart heavy , as though she had run a long way uphill , and had not the strength for the return journey . |
| 8 | ‘ The players , myself and the staff have come a long way together and are not about to let all the hard work go down the drain . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I mean , you can go along and always think ‘ Oh there 's nothing to this ’ , but then for some reason or other somebody has a complaint 's gone a big way round and ends up right at the top , and then , of course cascading down comes the ‘ Why ? |