Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] a [adj] way " in BNC.

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1 If we progress past the 2nd playing round in either — we tend to go a long way … otherwise we tendto get caught cold as it were … and in the FA cup draw the finalists/winners …
2 You seem to have an excellent way with them , with the younger ones .
3 Which I think goes a long way .
4 While the criticisms outlined above do not obviate the necessity of some nativistic assumptions , they do suggest a different way of addressing the problem .
5 ‘ Mr McKillop , you 've travelled a long way and you 've worked hard but I think this is as far as you 're likely to get . ’
6 I 've travelled a long way today . ’
7 ‘ We 've come a long way , you and I , ’ Michael went on .
8 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 !
9 I 've come a long way — I may have to go much farther — and I 'm not turning back now .
10 ‘ We 've come a long way since the U.2 fiasco . ’
11 In situations where tempers are getting raised , we can stand back and make everyone aware of what is happening and the effect on progress : ‘ We all seem to be getting very heated about this , and we 've come a long way from the main issue .
12 H'eye tech — mascara is the one make-up item few women would be without and we 've come a long way since the days of mascaras that smudged or flaked around the eyes .
13 You 've come a long way in a short time . ’
14 We 've come a long way — with everyday improvements such as …
15 We 've come a long way from the free-standing stove with four burners and an oven with maybe a separate grill or broiler .
16 You 've come a long way for a late-night drink . ’
17 ‘ I do n't doubt it , Seb , you 've come a long way from the poor , sickly boy who arrived here from London only a couple of years ago . ’
18 You 've come a long way from Manchester to deal with that .
19 ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’
20 I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress .
21 We 've come a long way since a 1953 bride-to-be wrote a despairing plea to a weekly magazine for someone to offer a more varied menu than cold ham , salad and trifle for her wedding breakfast .
22 But I 've come a long way and er so I 'll go back next er Wednesday to the department and er er if people will bear with me and put up with it er I 'll take it er fairly slowly to start with but I dare say there will come a time when er erm you wo n't notice much difference .
23 ‘ You 've got a nasty way of expressing yourself , d' you know that ?
24 ‘ I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty , ’ she 'd say .
25 You 've got a long way to go before you can set up on your own .
26 As I say you 've er , you 've got a long way to go , okay , fine thank you .
27 Yes cos you 've got a long way
28 You 've got a long way to travel .
29 mm , I 've got a long way to go yet then have I ?
30 It does n't need me to say that we 've got a long way to go .
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