Example sentences of "them a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly in principle , and also in fact , the gene reaches out through the individual body wall and manipulates objects in the world outside , some of them inanimate , some of them other living beings , some of them a long way away . |
| 2 | Closer to Europe the British set up a blockade of Brest , a step which took them a long way towards war with France , and began looking for allies to protect Hanover against France in the event of a continental war . |
| 3 | All this in a foreign country , for them a long way from home to go back and consult . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't mind seeing them a long way off , ’ said the worried lady nome . |
| 5 | The waiter brought two tall glasses and filled them a good way up with Courvoisier . |
| 6 | You 've got to be able to talk to people on their own level , you get the best out of people if you treat them a certain way . |
| 7 | With an effort she turned to Jos , who had followed them a short way . |