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 . |