Example sentences of "it [was/were] [art] long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a long lunch in the presence of our new-found friend , the Rugby World Cup . |
| 2 | He put up his hands and found it was a long strand of seaweed . |
| 3 | It was a long pull up the hill , and I felt more like doing a roly-poly down it . |
| 4 | It was a long way down this road , I was right . |
| 5 | It was a long way to Cornwall . |
| 6 | They will have experienced distance ( ‘ It was a long way to the seaside ’ ) ; time ( ‘ Please can I stay up longer ? ) ; quantity ( ‘ Can I have some more sweets ? ) ; capacity ( ‘ My glass is empty ’ ) and comparison ( ‘ I 'm taller than John ’ ) . |
| 7 | It was a long way to sunset , but the air in the tower seemed to be getting colder by the moment . |
| 8 | It was a long way to Hackballs Cross , and she hated herself for going , spat hatred at herself as she threw the Metro southwards . |
| 9 | The end of year deadline for eradication of asbestos-contaminated rolling stock , agreed many years ago between BR and the unions , was quietly and mutually forgotten when it was realised it was a long way from being achieved unless services were decimated . |
| 10 | Singapore , however , had one military drawback : it was a long way from the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf . |
| 11 | It was a long way from Brewer Street . |
| 12 | Tom read just enough of it to see that it was a long way from West Hampstead and no one he knew had been killed or injured . |
| 13 | The Yasa was made when your grandsire and mine both thought that it was a long way from Kinsai to the Eastern Sea , ’ he growled . |
| 14 | It was a long way from New York , let alone the West Coast , Beatles , Stones , and all . |
| 15 | It was a long way from the back streets of big cities and the criminal set , and even further from the grim-faced soldiers who had guarded her last assignment . |
| 16 | It did not amount to a commitment for full compensation for pensioners but it was a long way from where the Chancellor started two days earlier . |
| 17 | It was a long distance down the great side of the hill , through the woods down to the estuary . |
| 18 | It was a long swim in those days . |
| 19 | It was a long drive to Dresden . |
| 20 | It was a long drive from the airport , made tedious by the unnatural , tense silence in the cab . |
| 21 | It was a long journey to Alum Bay . |
| 22 | In 1954 it was a long journey by rail from Glasgow to Paris , and it must have seemed longer to me . |
| 23 | It was a long haul across the highland roads to the nearest airport and railhead at Inverness . |
| 24 | It was a long haul with my heavy bag to the bus stop at the top of town next day , but I made it and set out on a bus journey westward from Roscommon to Galway . |
| 25 | It was a long drop over the edge of the world . |
| 26 | It was a long drop from the balcony of the games room ; the castle apothecary carried a line of lethal poisons and draughts ; there were ways out of the castle , a postern or two , and a narrow winding path through the fractured rocks and fallen masonry all tumbled round the castle 's plinthed base like scree , then a long cold walk into the snowy silence … |
| 27 | But it was a long step from this to Meade 's contention that the government could by its adjustment of demand raise the level of employment permanently . |
| 28 | I received an answer , but I am afraid that it was a long catalogue of half-measures and good intentions . |
| 29 | It was a long speech for Kate . |
| 30 | It was a long speech for Sergeant Henley , who relied on smiles and sighs and significant silences . |