Example sentences of "[pers pn] a long way [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Hee-Haw carried me a long way through this forest . |
2 | Closer to Europe the British set up a blockade of Brest , a step which took them a long way towards war with France , and began looking for allies to protect Hanover against France in the event of a continental war . |
3 | All this in a foreign country , for them a long way from home to go back and consult . |
4 | ‘ Take him a long way from the Tree and kill him ! ’ |
5 | Had a car not followed her a long way along the Bayswater Road when she was coming to meet Urquhart ? |
6 | This will condense and form a fine dust much of which will return to the surface , most of it a long way from the impact . |
7 | Much of the work evaluated in this chapter takes us a long way towards identifying mechanisms for triggering the need for investment , screening the proposals and defining them . |
8 | This stress on the interdependence of social phenomena , though it may be circular and is not exhaustive , takes us a long way in understanding the basic dynamics of community life . |