Example sentences of "the [noun] [adv] a long " in BNC.

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1 You approach the park down a long avenue , past lawns carefully tended and set in a girdle of trees .
2 Your husband probably senses that you do n't admire or respect him and he obviously does n't trust you , which is why he pulled the drawbridge up a long time ago .
3 He has already pushed the boat out a long way in distancing Sinn Féin from the IRA , yet to no electoral avail .
4 We went back , past the hall down a long , stone passageway to Peckle 's chamber .
5 The village was four miles away , the walk back a long climb in the sun .
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