Example sentences of "[prep] a long distance " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a grandaddy of a long distance path which traverses Wales through some stunning and remote mountain country . |
| 2 | The TO was only about three strides and two sheets of glass away from her , but the talkback gave his voice the quality of a long distance call . |
| 3 | Ramblers are angry that a golf clubhouse is being built across the route of a long distance footpath . |
| 4 | St Peter walked along silently for a long distance . |
| 5 | It is For Catching Wild Colts and Vicious Horses on Aney Feild or Common ( For a long distance ) |
| 6 | They had gone on for a long distance , before arriving at a door in a long , anonymous wall ; the letter bearer , a gloomily serious young man with eyebrows which met across his brow , maintaining a severe silence throughout the journey . |
| 7 | First , wind velocity is measured at a given observation point and refers solely to that point , for all that it may be convenient to show it on a chart as an arrow apparently extending for a long distance . |
| 8 | The students all studied through a long distance learning scheme with four tutors based in different parts of Britain . |
| 9 | I heard a voice which seemed to come from a long distance — ‘ Throw the bastard down . |
| 10 | I was suddenly terrified , as if from a long distance away I had seen my family poised on the edge of a crumbling cliff , unaware and smiling . |
| 11 | It seemed as if it were coming from a long distance and he waited for a moment , and the moment went into a full minute , and then slowly he opened the door . |
| 12 | No school-children so far , but I can hear the first faint scrapes and slushing of householders beginning to clean their pavements , and the sound is strange and hard to recognise in the almost silent air , seeming as if it came from a long distance , a country sound in the wrong place . |
| 13 | Get set : Marathon runners will take on four-legged competition in a long distance run at Llanwyrtyd Wells , Powys . |
| 14 | If a cat performs some very strange action — finds its way home over a long distance , predicts an earthquake , or senses the return of its owners when they are some distance from the house — then it is a challenge for us to try and find out which particular sensory pathway was involved . |
| 15 | ‘ Thoroughbreds will always be able to catch up in a race over a long distance . |
| 16 | Most outdoor pursuits are available and cater for all ages and abilities — from a gentle riverside stroll and picnic to a long distance hike , climbing and caving , fishing for trout and salmon , bird watching and falconry , canoeing , horseriding and mountain biking . |
| 17 | The other half wants to hang dependent clauses ; like ‘ Americans will tell anything to an Englishman with a camera poking over his right shoulder when they are trapped on a long distance train . ’ |
| 18 | Here he stuck out his chest and strutted about like a professional walker setting out on a long distance race . |