Example sentences of "seem a long [noun] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | My posting to the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes seemed a long way away . |
| 3 | it seemed a long way away |
| 4 | Gateshead and the Reed family seemed a long way away . |
| 5 | It seemed a long way away and he focused his mind with an effort . |
| 6 | Humankind and human structures seemed a long way away . |
| 7 | It seemed a long way away but before we knew it we were paying the last of the deposits . |
| 8 | Suddenly he gave a frightened start , for he had nearly fallen asleep and the ground below seemed a long distance away . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The Tyneside star , who has recovered from a groin injury , admitted afterwards : ‘ The Olympic Games seem a long way away . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It had seemed a long way away , but in some ways it might be quite close . |
| 13 | ‘ North seems a long way away , and they tell me it 's cold there . ’ |
| 14 | Her head seems a long way away . |
| 15 | ‘ And that seems a long way away . |
| 16 | I got in touch with the linguists in the University and the College of Education , and was asked if I could do some teaching in March ( March seeming a long way away , I agreed ) . |