Example sentences of "[be] [verb] a long way [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Well when you 're driving along you 're looking a long way ahead that 's why and anything that comes in the road you see it Oh I hope whoever was involved in that accident tonight was alright .
2 Th th that we er we , we are moving a long way away from this egalitarian position , we 've abandoned that and we 've said right we , we are
3 But because the new craft will broadcast at a high power , they will have to be spaced a long way apart so that TV sets in , say , Canada do not receive signals meant for the US .
4 The lugworms may be lagging a long way behind , but perhaps their time may come ?
5 Metals was used for barrels but only for ones that were being taken a long way away like wine barrels that were being taken to or from Gascony .
6 To link small variations in a single protein with the existence of an all-purpose ‘ addictive personality ’ is to go a long way too far .
7 But this is looking a long way ahead .
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