Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a long [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who know better will not rest contented with such a meagre peep of a lake so singularly grand , but will round the hill rather more than another mile to the west , and when the dark lake is full in view , sit down to drink a long look from that favourable point of view . |
| 2 | Erm , I was going to mention , as Rob has done the increase in new complaints , which I think is somewhat welcome erm , we 're still taking a long time from the averages over the last twelve months , I think that 's just reflecting being out some days over the ones you 've been talking about , er , we 're down on actual stage one equipments in the month erm , we 're not quite sure why that is , mm it 's just the way things have panned out . |
| 3 | And it annoyed her intensely , not least of all because she still felt a long way from figuring him out ! |
| 4 | ‘ Yesterday I also received a long letter from Steve Pyle . |
| 5 | This now seems a long way from the position taken in the Education ( No. 2 ) Act 1986 and the Education ( Schools ) Act 1992 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It 's certainly come a long way from the upstairs room at the Albert . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , you 've certainly come a long way from the child who ran from me in that garden . ’ |