Example sentences of "he [be] [adv] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean Stephen is a heck of a long time ago , he 's the very first martyr , and we although we celebrate his feast day still on December the twenty sixth because he is the first martyr , he 's quite a long way away . |
| 2 | But he 's still a long way to go , poor little sod . |
| 3 | Oh I thought he was dead a long time ago . |
| 4 | He was also a long serving secretary of the Forty Club . |
| 5 | It was when the pale flood of light returned that Stephen saw the man — He was quite a long way off , not far in from the road , and he was standing quite still as if waiting for someone or watching . |
| 6 | He ran towards him as soon as he came in sight , and he was still a long way from home when the father first spotted him ( Luke 15:20 ) . |
| 7 | But while he was still a long way off … |