Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [art] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 31 | He had walked a long way that day . |
| 32 | But , yes , I was fit-I had , after all , cycled 22,500 kilometres last year and had walked the Pennine Way the year before . |
| 33 | The tsar , however , believed he had found a better way to knit his territories together than any conceived by his predecessors . |
| 34 | It is as if , once they had found an effective way of surviving and reproducing , and a relatively stable environment in which to go about their business , there was little pressure to change their way of life . |
| 35 | It had seemed a long way away , but in some ways it might be quite close . |
| 36 | Penelope wished now that she had worn a dress or suit instead of the elegant tartan trews , but they had seemed the only way to make Rupert Stonebird notice her . |
| 37 | The working-class youth had inherited a traditional way of watching a match , |
| 38 | By the middle of the fourth century , Christianity had gone a long way towards assimilating the dominant culture of pagan Romans . |
| 39 | She had gone a long way , when she came to a big foot . |
| 40 | Teclis was stronger now , the potions of the Loremasters had gone a long way towards giving him mortal strength . |
| 41 | By the 1680s the old-fashioned cavalry of the pomeshchiks had disappeared as an independent force , the streltsy were restricted to internal policing duties , and Muscovy had gone a long way towards establishing a professional army . |
| 42 | She had gone a long way towards admitting that the King could not live of his own . |
| 43 | They had gone a long way without her even knowing it and they were riding beside the lake she had seen from the air . |
| 44 | She had been one of them once , but suddenly she had gone a long way away . |
| 45 | The fact that the party 's final net loss was only eight seats indicated that Clinton 's popularity had gone a considerable way towards offsetting the effects of reapportionment . |
| 46 | According to them she had been at school that day and came out with them at the usual time and , as far as they knew , had gone the usual way home . |
| 47 | so there you , you get on the accounts you get a , a er , apparently , income er extension of the scheme budget by nearly four thousand pounds , three , eight , then you go back with what Lord was asking you about and I just want you to explain it if you can , if you ca n't tell me , as he drew your attention to surplus per audited account at August ninety nineteen one , a hundred and eight , eighty , so that , in fact the year ending nineteen ninety two , along these accounts we 're dealing with , in fact the expenditure of exceeded budget by nearly four thousand , the previous year er in nineteen ninety one er it had gone the other way that er |
| 48 | Experts say it 's good news for Rover , which could have been sold off if today 's European Court ruling had gone the other way . |
| 49 | The tramp choked a little , as if the gum he accepted and popped into his mouth had gone the wrong way . |
| 50 | She watched him leave the room , her heart heavy , as though she had run a long way uphill , and had not the strength for the return journey . |
| 51 | ‘ You know why I 'm here , ’ she said , her voice rasping in her throat as though she had run a long way . |
| 52 | She had learned a fine way of sustaining the role of deprivation , but gratitude was an emotion beyond her range . |
| 53 | Linked to the machine by electrodes , he had learned the best way to use every weapon ever invented . |
| 54 | The townspeople had learned the hard way that curiosity killed the cat — you stayed indoors if there was trouble . |
| 55 | It sounded as if her plans had changed at the last minute and , embarrassed by all the trouble Andrew had gone to on her behalf , she had taken the easy way out by returning the keys without a message . |
| 56 | By the time one of them had climbed a little way up , the Bookman had long disappeared . |
| 57 | At the same time not only was there another G number but it was the same make of car as the last five G numbers had been and it was the same colour as three out of the last ten cars that had passed the other way . |
| 58 | Instead she had leant even more on him and he just could n't take it , so had chosen the easy way out . |
| 59 | He had learnt the proper way of cleaning and boning Sir Dermot 's shoes and " doing " his lovely old clothes . |