Example sentences of "he [vb past] [art] long way " in BNC.
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1 | Whatever implement it was that hit him went a long way round his skull but did n't penetrate very far , for which he should thank his stars . ’ |
2 | Her nephew , Tim , was Miss Miggs 's only relative , and he lived a long way away up in the North . |
3 | He hated the vulgarity of showing off the delegates as though they were exhibits , and the insincerity of pretending that platitudes were pronouncements of world-shaking import , and the feeling that he came a long way to greet fellow-Christians and found himself turned into a ham-actor on a second-rate stage . |
4 | But he came a long way round from a long way back , and O'Brien , by no means a habitual blamer of jockeys , is still convinced they should have won . |
5 | Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ? |
6 | He seemed a long way off . |
7 | He seemed a long way off . |
8 | On fine days , he took the long way round by Jubilee Wharf . |
9 | He went the long way home , but did not go down the little gang plank to the barge of a friend of his — a woman who kept ten or so cats on board and brewed some awful drink out of peaches . |
10 | Anne : he had a long way to go do you think he 's done enough to survive ? |
11 | He sounded a long way off . |
12 | We know he ran a long way . |