Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I did , and I managed to rise a little way , but my wing hurt and the sea wind tugged at it and below me there suddenly flew some hooded crows and I was afraid and panicked , and nearly fell from the sky . |
| 2 | Which I think goes a long way . |
| 3 | I believe I had walked a little way along the roadside , peering through the foliage hoping to get a better view , when I heard a voice behind me . |
| 4 | I had come a long way ; and I could recognise the signs of travel in others . |
| 5 | I 've travelled a long way today . ’ |
| 6 | I 've come a long way — I may have to go much farther — and I 'm not turning back now . |
| 7 | I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress . |
| 8 | But I 've come a long way and er so I 'll go back next er Wednesday to the department and er er if people will bear with me and put up with it er I 'll take it er fairly slowly to start with but I dare say there will come a time when er erm you wo n't notice much difference . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty , ’ she 'd say . |
| 10 | mm , I 've got a long way to go yet then have I ? |
| 11 | But I have gone a long way from my original fine lace and the number of strokes of the lace carriage . |
| 12 | 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 . " |
| 13 | But I have come a long way since then |