Example sentences of "[prep] a [adv] long way " in BNC.
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| 1 | They seemed to stretch back for a very long way and Nuadu , narrowing his eyes , trying to find his bearings , thought that they must go back and back into the hillside behind the road and deep within the earth . |
| 2 | Most people thinks that 's a very long way off , but in the case of something like health then erm we certainly agree health is good for a very long way . |
| 3 | ‘ It wo n't matter if there are 100 horses in front of us , ’ he said — and launched Nijinsky 's challenge from a perilously long way back . |
| 4 | Such views to a very long way , especially when expressed in a credible magazine such as yours , in reinforcing subtle destructive prejudices against ethnic minorities in this country . |
| 5 | This is by a very long way the smallest proportion in the western industrialised world of any country in Europe or North America . |