Example sentences of "a long distance " in BNC.
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| 1 | By noon the sun has come up and it 's getting very warm ; the orchard appears peaceful , the sound of guns seem a long distance away . |
| 2 | The war was now a long distance away ; everything was quiet , except for a very faint rumble of artillery in the distance , in the direction of the River Seine . |
| 3 | This is a grandaddy of a long distance path which traverses Wales through some stunning and remote mountain country . |
| 4 | He would walk a long distance out to some pub , often the Malcolm Arms at Anton 's Gowt , and have lunch in the bar on beer and bread and cheese . |
| 5 | The other half wants to hang dependent clauses ; like ‘ Americans will tell anything to an Englishman with a camera poking over his right shoulder when they are trapped on a long distance train . ’ |
| 6 | In Spain , for instance , no railway station had a hotel attached and passengers often had a long distance to travel from stations to reach their ultimate destination . |
| 7 | ( Later we learn that her body was carried a long distance on someone 's back , for there are only a few places in Tibet where sky burials are performed . ) |
| 8 | These cells have their origin a long distance from the sex organs . |
| 9 | ‘ I want to be a long distance lorry driver or one of those dispatch riders in London , that would be quite exciting . |
| 10 | Here he stuck out his chest and strutted about like a professional walker setting out on a long distance race . |
| 11 | The young kilted boys and tartan-dressed girls used to run a long distance on the canal bank in healthful rivalry , and were oftentimes rewarded by having money thrown to them . |
| 12 | He had been offered one interview , but had decided against it because , if he obtained the job , it would have meant travelling a long distance every day . |
| 13 | That is about what would be expected if a short burst of neutrons with a range of energies had to travel a long distance ; the slower , less-energetic neutrons would lag behind those with more energy . |
| 14 | If a cat performs some very strange action — finds its way home over a long distance , predicts an earthquake , or senses the return of its owners when they are some distance from the house — then it is a challenge for us to try and find out which particular sensory pathway was involved . |
| 15 | I heard a voice which seemed to come from a long distance — ‘ Throw the bastard down . |
| 16 | Friends can come quite a long distance to have Sunday lunch with you , whereas for an evening dinner , there probably would not be enough time . |
| 17 | Most outdoor pursuits are available and cater for all ages and abilities — from a gentle riverside stroll and picnic to a long distance hike , climbing and caving , fishing for trout and salmon , bird watching and falconry , canoeing , horseriding and mountain biking . |
| 18 | Suddenly he gave a frightened start , for he had nearly fallen asleep and the ground below seemed a long distance away . |
| 19 | He was a long distance lorry driver but he knew how to dress and taught me the golden rule ‘ Do n't mix your stripes ’ . ’ |
| 20 | These may involve knowing when another person is nearby , without visible or auditory clue , or sensing compass direction , or ‘ seeing ’ over a long distance . |
| 21 | I was suddenly terrified , as if from a long distance away I had seen my family poised on the edge of a crumbling cliff , unaware and smiling . |
| 22 | It seemed as if it were coming from a long distance and he waited for a moment , and the moment went into a full minute , and then slowly he opened the door . |
| 23 | If you 're thinking of tackling a long distance footpath staying at youth hostels and guest houses , then this size sack is ideal as your load is mainly bulky spare clothing rather than weighty hardware . |
| 24 | A hundred years of county council government seems a strange reason to create a long distance path , but North Yorkshire County Council thought it a good enough excuse . |
| 25 | Rochester , New York-based Rochester Telephone Corp 's RCI Long Distance has signed a definitive agreement to buy Budget Call Long Distance Inc , a long distance service provider with operations in Pennsylvania that currently does $2m a month . |
| 26 | If the theatre is a long distance away from the ward , equipment may be taken from the ward on a post-operative tray or carried on the theatre trolley . |
| 27 | No school-children so far , but I can hear the first faint scrapes and slushing of householders beginning to clean their pavements , and the sound is strange and hard to recognise in the almost silent air , seeming as if it came from a long distance , a country sound in the wrong place . |
| 28 | St Peter walked along silently for a long distance . |
| 29 | The probability is low for it to move a long distance at more than the speed of light , but it can go faster than light for just far enough to get out of the black hole , and then go slower than light . |
| 30 | The TO was only about three strides and two sheets of glass away from her , but the talkback gave his voice the quality of a long distance call . |