Example sentences of "came a [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maurice came a little way into the room , looked down at the body and moved away again . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But he came a long way round from a long way back , and O'Brien , by no means a habitual blamer of jockeys , is still convinced they should have won . |
| 4 | The company came a long way in the 1980s , but only because the leopard changed its spots by making the transition from selection to search . |
| 5 | Came a long way did n't they ? |
| 6 | ‘ I came a long way to say I 'm sorry , ’ Leonora reminded him . |
| 7 | Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ? |