Example sentences of "[pers pn] a long way " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You 're at maximum lean angle now with so much grip that when it does step out it throws you a long way . |
2 | Hee-Haw carried me a long way through this forest . |
3 | Certainly in principle , and also in fact , the gene reaches out through the individual body wall and manipulates objects in the world outside , some of them inanimate , some of them other living beings , some of them a long way away . |
4 | Closer to Europe the British set up a blockade of Brest , a step which took them a long way towards war with France , and began looking for allies to protect Hanover against France in the event of a continental war . |
5 | All this in a foreign country , for them a long way from home to go back and consult . |
6 | ‘ I do n't mind seeing them a long way off , ’ said the worried lady nome . |
7 | ‘ Take him a long way from the Tree and kill him ! ’ |
8 | Had a car not followed her a long way along the Bayswater Road when she was coming to meet Urquhart ? |
9 | ‘ Was it a long way ? ’ |
10 | The ideal toy is very light , so that only a small amount of effort moves it a long way , and very soft , so that sharp feline claws and teeth can sink into it in a satisfying way . |
11 | ‘ Is it a long way ? ’ |
12 | This will condense and form a fine dust much of which will return to the surface , most of it a long way from the impact . |
13 | You may find it a long way to come for a comparatively short meeting and I should also mention that we have a regular reporter who covers the meeting on behalf of the Courier and the Garstang Guardian . |
14 | This stress on the interdependence of social phenomena , though it may be circular and is not exhaustive , takes us a long way in understanding the basic dynamics of community life . |
15 | Plain text could get us a long way , but words are an imprecise medium , and pictures and other symbolic descriptions often help ; so we shall need a few mathematical ideas and notations . |
16 | Much of the work evaluated in this chapter takes us a long way towards identifying mechanisms for triggering the need for investment , screening the proposals and defining them . |