Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | P&O Roadtanks Tanker Driver , Ian Newman found a novel way of training for the marathon |
| 2 | As with the blacks , sport for Jews became a possible way out of the dreadful circumstances which beset their lives . |
| 3 | Shells exploded a long way away across Beirut , down by the port . |
| 4 | The cell developed a new way of consuming oxygen to make carbon dioxide and water to release energy . |
| 5 | DAMON Hill went a long way towards fulfilling the hopes of his family and army of fans when he grabbed provisional pole position for Sunday 's Monaco Grand Prix . |
| 6 | In the absence of a moral or social common ground which writers could assume with their audience , the hero as existentialist outsider proved a useful way of taking a critical stand without explicitly defending any given system or ideology . |
| 7 | The possibility of anything like that happening to the Germans seemed a long way off in those days . |
| 8 | Owen and Georgiades went a little way off and squatted down beneath the trees to wait . |
| 9 | The cat stood a little way off — watching . |
| 10 | Maurice came a little way into the room , looked down at the body and moved away again . |
| 11 | At first , the war seemed a long way away , and the Otago CA reported that the 1914–15 summer promised to be a most successful one , with the ‘ services of world-renowned player , J.N. Crawford ’ ensuring that Otago cricket would be second to none in New Zealand . |
| 12 | Despite the Conservatives ' election victory and the easing of rates since their high point in August 1990 , recovery seemed a long way off even before the events of Black Wednesday . |
| 13 | The door of the room opened a little way and a large tabby cat insinuated itself through the gap . |
| 14 | He called in his full executive to meet us and I 'm sure at the end of the day that this meeting went a long way to the tour going ahead instead of being cancelled ’ . |
| 15 | Biology remained a long way behind the physical sciences , held back not least by the conservatism of the two major bodies of men concerned with its practical application , the farmers and especially the doctors . |
| 16 | Humankind and human structures seemed a long way away . |
| 17 | Her sleepless , restless night seemed a long way off . |
| 18 | AMERICAN senator Teddy Kennedy chose a novel way of proposing to his new wife , Vicky Reggie . |
| 19 | The concessions Edward made on matters such as purveyance and unparliamentary taxation went a long way towards meeting the grievances of the commons , and the king was able to mobilize the resources he required for war . |
| 20 | Bigwig went a little way down the run and stopped at the entrance to a large burrow . |
| 21 | The street was empty and silent and small sounds carried a long way . |
| 22 | Mr Malik had a winning way with the press release . |
| 23 | Their staff were generally willing to ‘ have a go ’ , and with some information and support went a long way in challenging their own attitudes and those of other children and parents . |
| 24 | Friedman 's statement of the natural rate hypothesis went a long way towards reconciling such evidence with basic classical theory . |
| 25 | Events in March went a considerable way towards determining the outcome of the contests for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations . |
| 26 | With the rain teeming down at the Manor , Italy seemed a long way off — too far for United . |
| 27 | ‘ But I am , ’ he asserted with a grin , steering her towards the long metallic midnight-blue convertible parked a little way along the road . |
| 28 | The door opened a short way , and a small elderly lady with soft cotton-wool hair peered out at them . |
| 29 | The Leader and the thin man advanced a little way , narrowing the space the other three horses had to run free in . |
| 30 | The figures for applications heard by a single Lord Justice and two and three Lords Justices went a long way to explaining why , despite the facts that the rate at which appeals were begun had shown little change over the years , there had been some small increase in judge-power and that major improvements had been made in the court 's procedures , the number of appeals outstanding at the end of each year and the lead times for hearing appeals showed no real improvement . |