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 . |