Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] a [adv] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looked as if we 'd travelled a very long way to get nowhere . |
| 2 | Gooch recalled playing against Waqar at Chelmsford : ‘ The first impression was that he seemed to have a very long run-up but he is obviously a very fine fast bowler with the ability to swing , particularly the old ball . ’ |
| 3 | It seemed to take an unduly long time before it took hold . |
| 4 | It seemed to take an unreasonably long time and much bad temper , evasion and deliberate obfuscation , together with consultation of a diary that appeared to be alternately blank and covered with scribbled hieroglyphics . |
| 5 | He had come a very long way in the decade since his wife had failed to win a Belfast Corporation seat ! |
| 6 | She would be falsely modest not to acknowledge the fact that she had come a very long way since those days when she had been a thin , gawky adolescent . |
| 7 | They had gone a very long way into the tunnel . |