Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] a 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 | Silver and I followed a long way behind the rest , and I had to help him . |
| 4 | I took a long way round to Ramon 's friend 's address and told him what had happened . |
| 5 | At last there was room for a central bureau of information , which went a long way to reducing the confusion caused by overlapping responsibilities . |
| 6 | For it was he who arranged the finance which went a long way towards putting the station on the air . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Although she lived a long way from the town , she seldom missed Brownie Pack Meeting . |
| 9 | Did you say these used to rub your toes when you went a long way in them ? |
| 10 | She felt a long way away from him , and superior , also . |
| 11 | She had a long way , still , to go . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | We felt a long way from the Mediterranean . |
| 14 | We had a long way to go and to start by knocking the monarchy would n't go down too well at home . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | They had a long way to go . |
| 19 | They had a long way to go before that could happen . |
| 20 | Her nephew , Tim , was Miss Miggs 's only relative , and he lived a long way away up in the North . |
| 21 | It rose a long way . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ? |
| 25 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 26 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | it seemed a long way away |
| 29 | It seemed a long way away and he focused his mind with an effort . |
| 30 | It seemed a long way away but before we knew it we were paying the last of the deposits . |