Example sentences of "come a [adj] way [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | Then the Bishop firmly gripped the King 's tunic round his chest and shook it violently , saying again , " You owe me a kiss because I have come a long way to see you . " |
2 | ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’ |
3 | I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress . |
4 | ‘ I came a long way to say I 'm sorry , ’ Leonora reminded him . |
5 | He hated the vulgarity of showing off the delegates as though they were exhibits , and the insincerity of pretending that platitudes were pronouncements of world-shaking import , and the feeling that he came a long way to greet fellow-Christians and found himself turned into a ham-actor on a second-rate stage . |
6 | Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ? |