Example sentences of "[vb past] a long way " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rose a long way . |
| 2 | He hated the vulgarity of showing off the delegates as though they were exhibits , and the insincerity of pretending that platitudes were pronouncements of world-shaking import , and the feeling that he came a long way to greet fellow-Christians and found himself turned into a ham-actor on a second-rate stage . |
| 3 | But he came a long way round from a long way back , and O'Brien , by no means a habitual blamer of jockeys , is still convinced they should have won . |
| 4 | The company came a long way in the 1980s , but only because the leopard changed its spots by making the transition from selection to search . |
| 5 | Came a long way did n't they ? |
| 6 | ‘ I came a long way to say I 'm sorry , ’ Leonora reminded him . |
| 7 | Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ? |
| 8 | Shells exploded a long way away across Beirut , down by the port . |
| 9 | It all seemed a long way from his flat in Whalley Range . |
| 10 | The possibility of anything like that happening to the Germans seemed a long way off in those days . |
| 11 | Surgical techniques for an artificial penis and scrotum were still experimental and any success there seemed a long way in the future . |
| 12 | It seemed a long way , though , from the summer perfume of myrtle and orange-blossom , the brilliance of white fluted marble , the wreathing steam , the orderly practices of the sugar-yards , the worksongs of the scything and the vintage , the glory of the sun setting , of the sun rising out of the sea . |
| 13 | Despite the Conservatives ' election victory and the easing of rates since their high point in August 1990 , recovery seemed a long way off even before the events of Black Wednesday . |
| 14 | At first , the war seemed a long way away , and the Otago CA reported that the 1914–15 summer promised to be a most successful one , with the ‘ services of world-renowned player , J.N. Crawford ’ ensuring that Otago cricket would be second to none in New Zealand . |
| 15 | My posting to the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes seemed a long way away . |
| 16 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 17 | By the end of that first trip , our goal still seemed a long way off . |
| 18 | it seemed a long way away |
| 19 | Gateshead and the Reed family seemed a long way away . |
| 20 | But Samantha 's freedom still seemed a long way off . |
| 21 | Her sleepless , restless night seemed a long way off . |
| 22 | It seemed a long way away and he focused his mind with an effort . |
| 23 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 24 | Humankind and human structures seemed a long way away . |
| 25 | It seemed a long way away but before we knew it we were paying the last of the deposits . |
| 26 | It 's something you use to get you from A to B , I guess , and right now that seemed a long way to me . |
| 27 | It seemed a long way to the building , but eventually she heard his footsteps on wood and knew they had arrived . |
| 28 | With the rain teeming down at the Manor , Italy seemed a long way off — too far for United . |
| 29 | The lights of Soufrière twinkled a long way off as they set off into the black , and headed north for Marigot Bay . |
| 30 | Her nephew , Tim , was Miss Miggs 's only relative , and he lived a long way away up in the North . |