Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] the long way " in BNC.
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| 1 | I drove the long way round , debating what to say and do . ’ |
| 2 | I walked the long way with the early sun bright in my eyes and frosted gravel crisp beneath my feet . |
| 3 | Had she gone the long way round , using a main road , she would only have added 10 minutes to her journey . |
| 4 | She took the long way home , and walked slowly . |
| 5 | He says that there may be a few who go the long way around , but not many . |
| 6 | We took the long way , on the way back to the bus stop |
| 7 | We go the long way ; who knows how long it will be before we come this way again ? |
| 8 | On fine days , he took the long way round by Jubilee Wharf . |
| 9 | He went the long way home , but did not go down the little gang plank to the barge of a friend of his — a woman who kept ten or so cats on board and brewed some awful drink out of peaches . |