Example sentences of "a long distance away " in BNC.
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| 1 | By noon the sun has come up and it 's getting very warm ; the orchard appears peaceful , the sound of guns seem a long distance away . |
| 2 | The war was now a long distance away ; everything was quiet , except for a very faint rumble of artillery in the distance , in the direction of the River Seine . |
| 3 | Suddenly he gave a frightened start , for he had nearly fallen asleep and the ground below seemed a long distance away . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If the theatre is a long distance away from the ward , equipment may be taken from the ward on a post-operative tray or carried on the theatre trolley . |
| 6 | And maybe we 'd be oh a long distance away from the school when we heard the schoolmaster blowing the whistle . |
| 7 | But if a child mutates in a big way , so that it has moved a long distance away from its parent in genetic space , what are the odds of its being better than its parent ? |
| 8 | The booklet was criticised during its draft stages for including details of accommodation such a long distance away . |
| 9 | The booklet was criticised during its draft stages for including details of accommodation such a long distance away . |