Example sentences of "[vb pp] a long way [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the two Opens Sandy never looked like winning until the end ; Seve had it won a long way away . |
| 2 | But because the new craft will broadcast at a high power , they will have to be spaced a long way apart so that TV sets in , say , Canada do not receive signals meant for the US . |
| 3 | ‘ The players , myself and the staff have come a long way together and are not about to let all the hard work go down the drain . ’ |
| 4 | They had come a long way very fast . |
| 5 | I 've travelled a long way today . ’ |
| 6 | It had seemed a long way away , but in some ways it might be quite close . |
| 7 | She watched him leave the room , her heart heavy , as though she had run a long way uphill , and had not the strength for the return journey . |
| 8 | She had been one of them once , but suddenly she had gone a long way away . |
| 9 | Metals was used for barrels but only for ones that were being taken a long way away like wine barrels that were being taken to or from Gascony . |