Example sentences of "it [verb] a long way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides this , it goes a long way to account for their toughness , as we shall see in Chapter 9 . |
| 2 | Apparently it goes a long way . |
| 3 | Of the two Opens Sandy never looked like winning until the end ; Seve had it won a long way away . |
| 4 | ‘ Geographically it looks a long way but in travel time it is n't very far at all . ’ |
| 5 | Thankfully , ‘ Dirty ’ , the Sonics ' recent Geffen album , entered the UK Top Ten during the first week of release and , even if it has a long way to go to equal the sales of ‘ Nevermind ’ , things could be taking a turn for the better . |
| 6 | It rose a long way . |
| 7 | It seemed a long way , though , from the summer perfume of myrtle and orange-blossom , the brilliance of white fluted marble , the wreathing steam , the orderly practices of the sugar-yards , the worksongs of the scything and the vintage , the glory of the sun setting , of the sun rising out of the sea . |
| 8 | it seemed a long way away |
| 9 | It seemed a long way away and he focused his mind with an effort . |
| 10 | It seemed a long way away but before we knew it we were paying the last of the deposits . |
| 11 | It seemed a long way to the building , but eventually she heard his footsteps on wood and knew they had arrived . |
| 12 | Try to get a small amount of airbrake on and keep the glider off the ground as long as you can , even if it floats a long way into the airfield . |
| 13 | ‘ It sounds a long way and it 'll be getting dark soon . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ By the road , it seems a long way , but I need only to walk a kilometre across the fields beyond the farm . |
| 15 | Only it seems a long way to go ! |
| 16 | Oh it seems a long way to go just for five days skiing . |
| 17 | It looked a long way down . |
| 18 | He got a little overtime and he made it go a long way . |
| 19 | It went a long way . ’ |
| 20 | And then there 's a , a series of er oh and they add er er during the people 's governments or at or above the may in accordance with the local land agency set apart certain land bound to be nationalized and used for the establishment of experimental farms or one or more county 's or model state farms , so there 's provision for the creation of so a form of socialism over the countryside but it 's , it comes a long way down the list . |