Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [art] long way " in BNC.

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1 I got a long way to go to get to high class .
2 I came a long way to say I 'm sorry , ’ Leonora reminded him .
3 I drove the long way round , debating what to say and do . ’
4 I walked the long way with the early sun bright in my eyes and frosted gravel crisp beneath my feet .
5 Silver and I followed a long way behind the rest , and I had to help him .
6 I took a long way round to Ramon 's friend 's address and told him what had happened .
7 At last there was room for a central bureau of information , which went a long way to reducing the confusion caused by overlapping responsibilities .
8 For it was he who arranged the finance which went a long way towards putting the station on the air .
9 Also on Oct. 17 the Supreme Soviet passed a decree which went a long way towards meeting other student demands , and secured an end to the protests .
10 Although she lived a long way from the town , she seldom missed Brownie Pack Meeting .
11 She took the long way home , and walked slowly .
12 Did you say these used to rub your toes when you went a long way in them ?
13 She felt a long way away from him , and superior , also .
14 She had a long way , still , to go .
15 Being a mere apprentice was boring and carried no cachet , and Lydia was dauntedly aware that she had a long way to go before she achieved the skills and ease of perfection .
16 We took the long way , on the way back to the bus stop
17 We felt a long way from the Mediterranean .
18 We had a long way to go and to start by knocking the monarchy would n't go down too well at home .
19 The majority of people were sympathetic , but we had a long way to go before people would be shouting ‘ Honte à la reine Britannique ’ in the streets .
20 They lived a long way away , but they decided to take a weeks holiday in Cornwall and decided to see Daryl in the middle of it .
21 Whatever implement it was that hit him went a long way round his skull but did n't penetrate very far , for which he should thank his stars . ’
22 They had a long way to go .
23 They had a long way to go before that could happen .
24 Her nephew , Tim , was Miss Miggs 's only relative , and he lived a long way away up in the North .
25 It rose a long way .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ?
29 He seemed a long way off .
30 He seemed a long way off .
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