Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a long way " in BNC.
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| 1 | The image of Neil Young as the wayward eccentric does n't tell the whole story , not by a long way . |
| 2 | Not through choice , not by a long way , but it was where I 'd made my destiny , even if as an alien . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've not finished with you yet — not by a long way ! ’ |
| 4 | If you 're not doing it like that and you 're in a conversation or atmosphere in the room , when I find it , this little gadget is wonderful , this will pick up for a long way , this will pick up the dogs next door , if there was no other noise in this room . |
| 5 | He finished fourth to Baies and The Thinker at Haydock last week , running well for a long way . |
| 6 | Supertop ran well for a long way in the season 's opener at Doncaster . |
| 7 | I prefer the consistent VIKING ROCKET , who ran well for a long way behind Captain Dibble in the Scottish National at Ayr . |
| 8 | This race came only two months after he had run well for a long way when leading the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury and Gaselee told me , ‘ He appeared to love the Newbury race and we were delighted with his performance at that time . ’ |
| 9 | The expense allowances they received often failed , sometimes by a long way , to cover the costs they had to meet . |
| 10 | 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 . |