Example sentences of "[pers pn] were a long [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | But time was pressing on and we were a long way from home . |
| 2 | We were a long way from Orange , isolated in the farmhouse , and we knew how unpleasant the next month was going to be depended entirely on the whims of the staff . |
| 3 | ‘ I thought we were a long way from anything out here . |
| 4 | Far from suggesting that the two sides were moving towards a new spirit of co-operation , the diplomats said they were a long way from calling for a ceasefire . |
| 5 | We tried to solve this with management and supervisory boards based in the department but they were a long way from the boards of industry . |