Example sentences of "from a long way [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From a long way up . ’ |
| 2 | If Seve Ballesteros had looked a winner all along in 1979 , and certainly looked likely to lift the claret jug from a long way out , Dave 's second Open success was not so cut-and-dried . |
| 3 | Hastings converted from a long way out before John penalty attempt . |
| 4 | Pemberton hit the post from a long way out for Leeds . |
| 5 | But he came a long way round from a long way back , and O'Brien , by no means a habitual blamer of jockeys , is still convinced they should have won . |
| 6 | Right now she was hearing as though from a long way off , the sounds somehow muffled . |
| 7 | From a long way off she heard a voice say : ‘ Green as a piece of ripe Stilton … ’ and then the room disappeared . |
| 8 | Ruth heard Mrs Peterson 's voice from a long way off . |
| 9 | It is a big bridal veil , but my picture was taken from a long way off . |
| 10 | Her husband was calling to her , as it seemed , from a long way off . |
| 11 | ‘ You said that if you drop a clock into a black hole , and you watch it from a long way off , the hands appear to go round slower the closer it gets to the hole . |
| 12 | The water cascaded down the face of the spillway again , the noise like a million stamping feet heard from a long way off . |
| 13 | It is possible to see the weather from a long way off , but as the people at Old Slains know , the weather then arrives at such speed over the surface of the North Sea that seeing it approach seems hardly sufficient warning . |
| 14 | He still seemed so real , so close that she could feel his disapproval , and somehow she felt he was using will-power from a long way off . |
| 15 | She was so aware of him that he seemed to be touching her from a long way off . |
| 16 | Sara heard Matthew 's voice from a long way off . |
| 17 | That 's good actually because I saw that from a long way off and I thought what is it ? |