Example sentences of "quite a long [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cottage lay back quite a long way from the path , but Virginia slowed down and stepped past it with quick , light steps . |
| 2 | She was still quite a long way from Yatton Farm , but the windmill on its hillock could be clearly seen from the farm . |
| 3 | In fact , if the starlings are all in a circle ( perhaps the lawn has a fairy ring which the worms find congenial ) , then the centre of the flock will be quite a long way from any of the birds . |
| 4 | THE SHAMEN have come quite a long way from their origins as an indie psychedelic outfit . |
| 5 | THE SHAMEN have come quite a long way from their origins as an indie psychedelic outfit . |
| 6 | She should have insisted , have pretended that Sophia 's part of London was inaccessible by public transport , and of course , when one came to think of it , there was quite a long walk from the station . |
| 7 | She found the trug in the outhouse , not the kitchen , and cleaned it before trotting off towards the rectory , which was quite a long walk from Vetch Street , through a rowdy street market where an organ-grinder and his monkey were performing , and a Punch and Judy man stood on the corner , and Sally-Anne — no longer McAllister now that she was out of the house — for all of her advanced years stood and watched Mr Punch for some time before she guiltily remembered what she was supposed to be doing . |