Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a long [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unhappily , such days do not come too often , for I live a long way from Ringwood and it is a very popular river in that area . |
| 2 | Although she lived a long way from the town , she seldom missed Brownie Pack Meeting . |
| 3 | Fire extinguishers for home use are not generally recommended by fire prevention experts , except as a safeguard it you live a long way from your nearest fire station . |
| 4 | We felt a long way from the Mediterranean . |
| 5 | One such affront , to the Archduke of Austria , later cost him his freedom and caused him to suffer a long imprisonment from which he was only freed at huge expense — much of which was raised by his neglected kingdom of England . |
| 6 | He took a long drink from the bottle of wine , saying , ‘ Here 's luck ! ’ |
| 7 | It took a long talk from one of the Sisters of Charity to make him realise that God had given him the gift of his voice and he was to use his gift with religion to help these people . |
| 8 | It had a competition sponsored by McCartney to find a script for a movie , a declaration by Harry Fainlight about the ( still legal ) pleasures of LSD , it had letters , and , specifically , it had a long epistle from John Wilcock in New York , defining what was supposed to be going on . |
| 9 | Five minutes later , United goalkeeper , Ken Vasey was just fought when he missed a long cross from the left , and Bull was there heading into the empty net . |
| 10 | All of us felt a long way from the happy days when ‘ we never had it so good ’ . |