Example sentences of "it [verb] [vb pp] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another dealer explained : ‘ There are some punters who will buy a stock just because it has fallen a long way . ’ |
| 2 | It has come a long way in the last decade . |
| 3 | Although this technique was originally introduced to investigate the relevance of linear stability theory , it has proved a useful way of controlling flow development and ensuring that the same features are to be observed repeatedly at the same place . |
| 4 | Well no not so much that but , but I 'm not , I 'm not sure that other lady , the one whose baby was born just after er before Becky you see and I thought could just imagine her being saying going and saying something and getting , it getting moulded a different way , you know ? |
| 5 | It had seemed a long way away , but in some ways it might be quite close . |
| 6 | say , and there 's a one way road coming along , it 's got a two way traffic on the top , but it crosses it |
| 7 | It was then , and still is now , very much an island holiday paradise , but it 's come a long way from what were fairly basic beginnings and in addition to natural beauty can now offer resorts as modern and sophisticated as anywhere else in the Med . |
| 8 | Of course , it 's come a long way since then — full colour on every page , two Megatapes each month . |
| 9 | It 's come a long way |
| 10 | it 's come a long way since we had Lego . |