Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a long way " in BNC.

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1 The sound had seemed to come from a long way over the heath to the right .
2 The parlour had come on a long way since I was a boy .
3 We just were n't used to driving in the country then , it seemed like a long way from
4 We 've moved on a long way from the original version . ’
5 It sounds like a long way ?
6 The water cascaded down the face of the spillway again , the noise like a million stamping feet heard from a long way off .
7 And then I thought I heard voices once , coming from a long way away , but I could n't work out where they were coming from ; and they were so very faint I almost thought I 'd imagined them .
8 His eyes seemed to be coming from a long way away .
9 Give it a flick it 'll go for a long way because there 's no , there 's very little friction on the ice and erm the second one is the , the awkward one .
10 Hastings converted from a long way out before John penalty attempt .
11 It is a big bridal veil , but my picture was taken from a long way off .
12 Especially when they come from a long way , away .
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