Example sentences of "[verb] a long [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The shares are still looking a long way ahead . |
| 32 | But this is looking a long way ahead . |
| 33 | Well when you 're driving along you 're looking a long way ahead that 's why and anything that comes in the road you see it Oh I hope whoever was involved in that accident tonight was alright . |
| 34 | Looking a long way out along one line , it found ‘ walls ’ of galaxies at regular intervals . |
| 35 | Square Face : Wear a headpiece that sits on the back of your head and opt for an understated veil style , although your face shape will carry a long veil beautifully . |
| 36 | And another sixteen percent is the other Ne Nestle coffee erm Blend Thirty Seven which I used to drink a long time ago and others and twenty two percent is er |
| 37 | Well , ter cut a long story short 'e ends up tellin' me that the last bloke was put off fer losin' too much time an' I might be a bad time-keeper as well , what wiv me injuries . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | The tobacco industry plans a long time ahead . |
| 40 | Shells exploded a long way away across Beirut , down by the port . |
| 41 | At first , the war seemed a long way away , and the Otago CA reported that the 1914–15 summer promised to be a most successful one , with the ‘ services of world-renowned player , J.N. Crawford ’ ensuring that Otago cricket would be second to none in New Zealand . |
| 42 | My posting to the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes seemed a long way away . |
| 43 | it seemed a long way away |
| 44 | Gateshead and the Reed family seemed a long way away . |
| 45 | It seemed a long way away and he focused his mind with an effort . |
| 46 | Humankind and human structures seemed a long way away . |
| 47 | It seemed a long way away but before we knew it we were paying the last of the deposits . |
| 48 | The possibility of anything like that happening to the Germans seemed a long way off in those days . |
| 49 | Despite the Conservatives ' election victory and the easing of rates since their high point in August 1990 , recovery seemed a long way off even before the events of Black Wednesday . |
| 50 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 51 | By the end of that first trip , our goal still seemed a long way off . |
| 52 | But Samantha 's freedom still seemed a long way off . |
| 53 | Her sleepless , restless night seemed a long way off . |
| 54 | He seemed a long way off . |
| 55 | With the rain teeming down at the Manor , Italy seemed a long way off — too far for United . |
| 56 | Suddenly he gave a frightened start , for he had nearly fallen asleep and the ground below seemed a long distance away . |
| 57 | It was less the fear of hell ( which seemed a long time away ) than the fear of being a non-person which prompted me to ask my parents if I could be baptised . |
| 58 | It seemed a long time when I was a little girl , ’ added Mrs Teasdale . |
| 59 | The ditch seemed a long time ago : two weeks and three days back to the lonely silent abandoned struggle in the attic , to the life that seemed now to be the dream , with Shellerton the reality . |
| 60 | After the night Quigley had kicked my head in , I had finally seen something I should have seen a long time ago . |