Example sentences of "long way [coord] " in BNC.

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1 spotting a narrow isthmus on the map near Northton we opted for a large portage ; half a kilometre would be a long way but , following our Griminish Point experience , the safer option seemed favourable .
2 ‘ Geographically it looks a long way but in travel time it is n't very far at all . ’
3 Slazenger and sport go back a long way but did you know that they also have a great sports toiletries range ?
4 It is a long way but I am sure the Lotus will get us there and back without any trouble . ’
5 We ride a long way and in late afternoon ( sun time rather than clock time , which has long ceased to be important to us ) we stop for coffee so that Odd-Knut can work out a route .
6 ‘ It sounds a long way and it 'll be getting dark soon . ’
7 ‘ Mr McKillop , you 've travelled a long way and you 've worked hard but I think this is as far as you 're likely to get . ’
8 It 's not cheap but the dispenser means a little goes a long way and it 's more hygienic than a pot .
9 When you round out the aircraft floats for a long way and flies very nose down .
10 And after that she seemed happy the rest of the way , saying how lovely it had been to see them even for such a short time and how she 'd come down again when she could , but it was such a long way and the trains were so crowded with soldiers and she had had to take two whole days off from the ambulance station .
11 But the family sat on with the inertia of those who have travelled a long way and are reluctant to face the effort of arrival .
12 They seemed to stretch back for a very long way and Nuadu , narrowing his eyes , trying to find his bearings , thought that they must go back and back into the hillside behind the road and deep within the earth .
13 We did n't go on the motorbike that time , since Darlington was rather a long way and the general unreliability of the machine argued against using it .
14 Thus a miner who slipped from the worn and greasy rungs was liable to fall a long way and a dropped tool could clatter its way down to cause death or injury to some fellow below .
15 She had come a long way and as far as she could see it would take much longer even to reach the foothills .
16 By now they were almost halfway down , the drop not so far as it had been , but it was still a long way and Maggie almost crept to the slight shelter of the rocky bank .
17 It was a long way and we did n't talk .
18 The pack have also developed their loose play a long way and although I am not a great fan of the ‘ hand ruck ’ , in the games so far the pack has mixed its rucking and mauling well .
19 But I 've come a long way and er so I 'll go back next er Wednesday to the department and er er if people will bear with me and put up with it er I 'll take it er fairly slowly to start with but I dare say there will come a time when er erm you wo n't notice much difference .
20 Er psychiatry has come a long way and er certain diagnostic st studies and diagnostic tests are taken of the individual erm and the doctors conclude whether or not the the work contributed to the problem or not .
21 Joe and I mean I come a long way and they said he told them I wan na pop in Friday morning before we go He was surprised He said well I were n't surprised , I said but er you know I want a name yeah well , he just said well I ca n't he ca n't fault me on anything .
22 But that 's a , apparently that was a long way and they have transport difficulties to go from here to the Wandsbergh Hospital .
23 And then erm , his schools run was way up into the country , quite a long way and then that was changed .
24 But that 's a long way and they have transport difficulties to cope from here to the hospital but then I though perhaps , if
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