Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a [adj] way " in BNC.
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1 | Why should n't I have a different way of estimating it ? |
2 | I 'm I 'm every day people , before I met you my life was standing still , it was standing still I had a one way ticket |
3 | still , it was standing still I had a one way ticket |
4 | I 've a long way to go when it comes to these explanations . |
5 | Although I feel I have a long way to go , I 'm a lot more aware of myself , so whenever I get twinges of pain I adjust accordingly and the pain immediately eases . |
6 | " Do you have a long way to go ? " |
7 | For instance , if you 've a long way to go , it 's better to get there slowly than not at all . ’ |
8 | You 've a long way to go yet and a lot to learn . |
9 | She had a better way of rupturing that patient impassivity , of making him look at her . |
10 | But she had a better way of relaxing the tightness that started at the back of her neck and spread across the crown of her head than attempting sleep . |
11 | She had a long way , still , to go . |
12 | Being a mere apprentice was boring and carried no cachet , and Lydia was dauntedly aware that she had a long way to go before she achieved the skills and ease of perfection . |
13 | ‘ She had a strange way of showing it , then . ’ |
14 | And she had a sure-fire way of handling the tough Northern audiences . |
15 | You have a long way to go to win them back . |
16 | ‘ You have a nice way of expressing yourself which , I suppose , reflects your industrial background . ’ |
17 | Gather together enough antimatter , and you have a cheap way of travelling to the stars — because obviously the only energy you would be using would be gravitational , of which there is plenty available in the Universe . |
18 | ‘ You have a novel way of showing boredom , ’ he drawled . |
19 | We 've a long way to go , pet , and you 've had an exciting day ’ , Tamar said firmly . |
20 | I know that we 've a long way today er to go today but would you just bear that in mind colleagues . |
21 | We had a long way to go and to start by knocking the monarchy would n't go down too well at home . |
22 | The majority of people were sympathetic , but we had a long way to go before people would be shouting ‘ Honte à la reine Britannique ’ in the streets . |
23 | We do get work from individuals , I said we have an open policy and people come through with problems that they 've got because they know us and some we take up , we try and be helpful and , and take up individual problems and then we have a two way relationship with community groups and last and not , not , not least , we , we live across the corridor from the General Manager and he 's always flying in and giving us work as well . |
24 | ‘ We are going to develop inducements and encouragements for a major expansion of research and development , because if we are going to rival our major competitors we have a long way to go in catching up with them . |
25 | We know from our informal discussions with politicians of all shades of opinion that we have a long way to go , but many have been sympathetic to our aims . |
26 | A Union of Democratic Forces spokesman , Mr Georgi Spassov , said : ‘ This demonstrates that we have a long way to go before we have true democracy in Bulgaria . ’ |
27 | The revolution that resulted in molecular biology enabled us to begin to understand many of the processes in the cell at the molecular level , although it must be stressed that we have a long way to go . |
28 | So it is clear we have a long way to go before we can store up all the experiences of humankind . |
29 | We have a long way to go before society really shifts in attitude , and both men and women assume that caring is not only a woman 's job . |
30 | ‘ We have a long way to go before we are able to record and translate accurately such imprints of ourselves left behind in the void of time . |