Example sentences of "[verb] from 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 water cascaded down the face of the spillway again , the noise like a million stamping feet heard from a long way off .
3 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 .
4 His eyes seemed to be coming from a long way away .
5 Hastings converted from a long way out before John penalty attempt .
6 It is a big bridal veil , but my picture was taken from a long way off .
7 Especially when they come from a long way , away .
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