Example sentences of "[vb past] gone a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we 'd gone a roundabout way the last time we were there and I thought oh I 'll give it a go , anyway I walked straight down this road , have a look oh yes , turn up here anyway I , I sort of got me bearings and I thought oh yes it 's just down here he 's in the field just down there . |
| 2 | By the middle of the fourth century , Christianity had gone a long way towards assimilating the dominant culture of pagan Romans . |
| 3 | She had gone a long way , when she came to a big foot . |
| 4 | Teclis was stronger now , the potions of the Loremasters had gone a long way towards giving him mortal strength . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She had gone a long way towards admitting that the King could not live of his own . |
| 7 | They had gone a long way without her even knowing it and they were riding beside the lake she had seen from the air . |
| 8 | She had been one of them once , but suddenly she had gone a long way away . |
| 9 | 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 . |