Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'm depressed at all it is that I think that you could make this process slightly less obtrusive and violent and spark-generating if there was more systematic analysis and discussion beforehand , going back a long way . |
| 2 | They 've discovered we 're the oldest family in the whole county , going back a long way ! |
| 3 | It so happened that this entailed doubling back a considerable way of the route , but , so Mr Charles assures me , my father accepted the request as though it were a perfectly reasonable one , and in general , continued to behave with immaculate courtesy . |
| 4 | The effort of thinking up a new way to tackle a dragon , a beloved dragon , daunted her for a minute . |
| 5 | I think it 's absolutely not the case to say that we 're sending the wrong signals , I think there 's a recognition in the country that the economy has been mismanaged , and the price that 's being exacted by people is too high , high levels of unemployment , low levels of growth , and social services undermined , and people recognize that Labour is setting out a new way forward . |