Example sentences of "seem to be a long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 No , but I thought you seemed to be a long while getting the bugger out .
2 Despite the confident appeals , the bat seemed to be a long way away from the ball
3 Oh it , it was n't there seemed to be a long time you know before they turned one out to make , because it was a very long process rebuilding an aircraft , es especially as the situation was at Walsall .
4 ‘ It seems to be a long way . ’
5 ‘ But they do seem to be a long way off .
6 The day when Britain 's independent power producers will be able to sell competitively and freely into a European grid as a matter of right would seem to be a long way off , despite the fact that this was all supposed to have been in place by the end of 1992 .
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