Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the criticisms outlined above do not obviate the necessity of some nativistic assumptions , they do suggest a different way of addressing the problem . |
| 2 | ‘ I hope they 've gone a long way , ’ said Pascoe . |
| 3 | They 've come a long way since those days though — the soles of that pair were completely worn through after 400 miles walking in the Andes so that I ended up walking in my socks ! |
| 4 | Doctors claim they 've found a new way of treating breast cancer which could save thousands of lives . |
| 5 | All in all , they have travelled a long way since that night when Santos led a nervous band of campesinos , complete with a BBC camera crew , onto Doña Elsa 's cattle ranch . |
| 6 | Tory rebels believe they have found a legal way of spoking the wheels of the bill 's passage by calling for a judicial review of the constitutional implications of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill , which today enters its 18th day in the Commons . |