Example sentences of "get a [adj] way " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You 've got a nasty way of expressing yourself , d' you know that ? |
2 | No matter how you feed your horse , somebody else ( usually a self confessed expert with little or no qualifications ) has always got a better way . |
3 | He 's got a long way to go home , ’ said Ray Shepherd quietly . |
4 | ‘ I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty , ’ she 'd say . |
5 | The birth was on July 1st and at 7 lb 7 oz he 's got a long way to go to catch up to dad . |
6 | Brothers , sisters , President , we 've still got a long way to go . |
7 | You 've got a long way to go before you can set up on your own . |
8 | As I say you 've er , you 've got a long way to go , okay , fine thank you . |
9 | Yes cos you 've got a long way |
10 | However , we 've still got a long way to go on working together with the health service ’ . |
11 | This is a bit odd cos Banbury 's got a long way to travel |
12 | Gemma 's got a long way to go before she gets to eighty |
13 | Phil 's got a long way to go actually |
14 | You 've got a long way to travel . |
15 | I do n't know , there 's still got a long way to go though |
16 | got a long way |
17 | mm , I 've got a long way to go yet then have I ? |
18 | He 's got a long way to go to find it . |
19 | I know that some British civil servants are making considerable efforts to improve erm in these terms but erm I think we 've still got a long way to go in appreciating the importance of at least being able to understand somebody else 's language , erm even if you ca n't always erm communicate in it as well as you can in your own . |
20 | It does n't need me to say that we 've got a long way to go . |
21 | say , and there 's a one way road coming along , it 's got a two way traffic on the top , but it crosses it |
22 | He does , in his own way , care for the club and football — he 's just got a funny way of showing it . ’ |
23 | You 've got a funny way of going on , I must say . |
24 | If you 're like me you 've still got a fair way to go ! |
25 | ‘ Well , you got a nice way with you , Sergeant Joe , ’ said Mrs Beavis , ‘ and I do n't suppose many women would find it easy to say no to you , whatever you wanted . ’ |
26 | I got a long way to go to get to high class . |
27 | So , you know , we 're looking forward to getting a little way in that competition . |
28 | ‘ I think that we are getting a long way from the subject , ’ he said . |
29 | You can get a long way with three parts and with four you can conquer the world ! |
30 | Oh well I I think I 'm gon na get a long way . |