Example sentences of "he [verb] [art] long way " in BNC.

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1 Her nephew , Tim , was Miss Miggs 's only relative , and he lived a long way away up in the North .
2 He has a long way to go before equalling last year 's prize money of £42,399 , but the wonder horse proved that he is again in irresistible form when opening Whitaker 's account with a first prize of £3,700 .
3 But he has a long way to go to close down Sir Teddy 's 15,000 majority .
4 Obviously he has a long way to mature physically , but he 's surpassed our hopes .
5 He has a long way to go but will keep playing as an amateur and then try to qualify for the Britsh open …
6 He has a long way to go but will keep playing as an amateur and then try to qualify for the Britsh open …
7 He has a long way to go but he has the right attitude . ’
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ?
11 He seemed a long way off .
12 He seemed a long way off .
13 On fine days , he took the long way round by Jubilee Wharf .
14 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 .
15 Anne : he had a long way to go do you think he 's done enough to survive ?
16 He sounded a long way off .
17 We know he ran a long way .
18 You know he works a long way down , on the fourth floor under the stage .
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