Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephen saw the police cars coming a long way off , three of them in a convoy coming up the white road from Hilderbridge . |
| 2 | The formulation does n't sound too optimistic about the outcome ; and indeed the final score appears to be 1970s : 0 , 1990s : 6 , with four authors proposing a middle way ( which does n't , of course , place them in the 1980s ) . |
| 3 | So we spend a season trying to adjust — a tough job in particular for the senior players who have spent up to 20 years operating a certain way — and then find it may all change again weeks before the British Lions fly down to New Zealand . |
| 4 | ‘ I love watching lights twinkling a long way away . |
| 5 | We get people coming a long way , in the car . |
| 6 | However the cause is not simply too many Eurocrats in Brussels , directors of the commission are often sensible and come in general terms to Britain suggesting a simple way of dealing with the problem . |
| 7 | ‘ I think the knobbly wheels are just to make it grip the ground better , ’ said Dorcas , his voice sounding a long way off . |
| 8 | A big broad-shouldered man stood there , looking gently down at her ; he seemed almost as tall as the half-mortals , his shadow streaming a long way across the beach . |
| 9 | I got in touch with the linguists in the University and the College of Education , and was asked if I could do some teaching in March ( March seeming a long way away , I agreed ) . |