Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a long way from " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it annoyed her intensely , not least of all because she still felt a long way from figuring him out ! |
| 2 | This now seems a long way from the position taken in the Education ( No. 2 ) Act 1986 and the Education ( Schools ) Act 1992 . |
| 3 | We have indeed come a long way from 1882 , and can look forward to the challenge of the 1990s — the closer harmonisation of our concerns with those of other conservation bodies . |
| 4 | The Signature 's pickup is rather oddly placed a long way from the end of the neck ( obviously by request ) while the JD 's is in the normal position . |
| 5 | It 's certainly come a long way from the upstairs room at the Albert . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , you 've certainly come a long way from the child who ran from me in that garden . ’ |