Example sentences of "the [noun] were a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the store room next to the kitchen were a long table and shelves always covered with all sorts of provisions ; large earthenware jars full of confits of pork and goose , a small barrel where vinegar slowly matured , a bowl where honey oozed out of the comb , jams , preserves of sorrel and of tomatoes , and odd bottles with grapes and cherries marinating in brandy ; next to the table a weighing machine on which I used to stand at regular intervals ; sacks of haricot beans , of potatoes ; eggs , each one carefully dated in pencil . |
| 2 | Sara ignored them as the boat chugged out to sea ; soon the harbour and the cliffs were a long way away . |
| 3 | ‘ You know , the buses were a long way from normal . |
| 4 | We all carried a key but the boxes were a long way apart . |
| 5 | Marcus sat carefully on the bunk , feeling that the walls were a long way away and that he was very small . |