Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a spell at the rehabilitation centre , Guy 's parents realized it was a mistake , and tried to have him transferred to a specialist stroke rehabilitation centre in London , even though this was a long way from home . |
| 2 | This was a long way from the ‘ silent suffering ’ and ‘ passive protest ’ which the NCOAP had sought to articulate . |
| 3 | English forces and the New Englanders worked together reasonably well in operations on the seacoast to capture Port Royal in Nova Scotia , but this was a long way from the centre of French settlement and the port was returned at the end of the war . |
| 4 | And then I went to Hereford for six months and I did er six months of medicine , and that was a long way from home in Essex and er we all sort of er mucked in and er made our own entertainment and cooked for each other and that erm was quite a good time . |
| 5 | ‘ That was a long couple of minutes , Vincent , and what are you looking so pleased about ? ’ |