Example sentences of "had gone [art] [adj] way " in BNC.

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1 By the middle of the fourth century , Christianity had gone a long way towards assimilating the dominant culture of pagan Romans .
2 She had gone a long way , when she came to a big foot .
3 Teclis was stronger now , the potions of the Loremasters had gone a long way towards giving him mortal strength .
4 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 .
5 She had gone a long way towards admitting that the King could not live of his own .
6 They had gone a long way without her even knowing it and they were riding beside the lake she had seen from the air .
7 She had been one of them once , but suddenly she had gone a long way away .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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
11 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 .
12 The tramp choked a little , as if the gum he accepted and popped into his mouth had gone the wrong way .
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