Example sentences of "was a long [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a long way to Hackballs Cross , and she hated herself for going , spat hatred at herself as she threw the Metro southwards . |
| 2 | It was a long way to Cornwall . |
| 3 | It was a long way to sunset , but the air in the tower seemed to be getting colder by the moment . |
| 4 | But Cook was a long way off selection when the South Africans picked their side for the World Cup and the subsequent mini-tour of the West Indies , which featured the Republic 's only other Test since the dismantling of apartheid . |
| 5 | It is also significant that the steam turbine and the pneumatic tyre were the only major British innovations of this period ; in the new industries she was a long way behind Germany and the United States and by 1914 was falling behind even in the older industries in which she had first established her supremacy . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The cause of the crash was a long way from BCCI 's original aim of becoming a bank for Muslims which would link the developing world and transfer wealth from the west to the Third World . |
| 9 | It was a long way from New York , let alone the West Coast , Beatles , Stones , and all . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It was a long way from Brewer Street . |
| 13 | But on a spring day in the late 1700s , toil was a long way from John Binks ' mind . |
| 14 | Suddenly there was a long burst of machine gun fire . |
| 15 | He put up his hands and found it was a long strand of seaweed . |
| 16 | In addition to the Erzerum and earlier treaties , there was a long history of tension in the region . |
| 17 | It argued that there was a long history of use of such powers ; that , with the widening of the sphere of government , the use of delegated legislative powers was necessary for the efficient conduct of business in the modern state ; that the civil service was best placed to provide the expertise which was necessary to make effective use of these powers ; and that the way in which the powers were actually used in practice was such as to refute any claim of a ‘ new despotism ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ That was a long couple of minutes , Vincent , and what are you looking so pleased about ? ’ |
| 19 | Facing the front of the Post Office was a long row of seal-makers and scribes squatting in the dust with their customers . |
| 20 | It was a long drive to Dresden . |
| 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 | Factory girls usually married in their early twenties ; it was unlikely to happen over the age of 25 , and only in textile areas , where there was a long tradition of employment , did women generally prolong their independence , though conditions varied in different industries and areas . |
| 24 | In parish churches , however , there was a long period of stagnation , although there were improvements in standards and taste , and until the time of Vatican II there had been few developments in the Liturgy and its music . |
| 25 | To the left there was a long line of cubicles with coloured doors and large numeral on each . |
| 26 | As it happened , the chops were beginning to drip , and there was a long line of people waiting behind Phyllis . |
| 27 | If there was a long line of people number of seven for the seven dwarfs and they were all standing there side by side and they had their hands over there face like so and the altogether , at the same time , in unison they parted the hand to reveal the facial expression that is more of a dramatic experience to people looking than just by standing here . |
| 28 | At the door of the Registrar 's office was a long line of people ending at the desk where the Officer 's clerk sat drinking tea and lording it over the supplicants . |
| 29 | There was a long list of school rules . |
| 30 | There was a long moment of silence . |