Example sentences of "were a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | South Africa , particularly in the Australian test , were a long way off the pace . |
| 2 | Far from suggesting that the two sides were moving towards a new spirit of co-operation , the diplomats said they were a long way from calling for a ceasefire . |
| 3 | We tried to solve this with management and supervisory boards based in the department but they were a long way from the boards of industry . |
| 4 | But time was pressing on and we were a long way from home . |
| 5 | We were a long way from Orange , isolated in the farmhouse , and we knew how unpleasant the next month was going to be depended entirely on the whims of the staff . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought we were a long way from anything out here . |
| 7 | Our crafts were a long way from collision … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You know , the buses were a long way from normal . |
| 9 | Acton and Shepherd 's Bush , he said , were a long way from Islington but it had not needed the history and memory of Risinghill and William Tyndale to make headteachers alert to the damaging way in which matters of discipline , race , criminality and parental disquiet could be brought together into presentations of hot and not always accurate news . |
| 10 | There were a long way from . |
| 11 | These whirlwind developments were a long time in the planning but the results came with staggering speed and remarkable good nature and co-operation which finally sees the rugby world totally united once again but with a new combined force lurking below the equator . |
| 12 | If a week is a long time in politics , two days were a long time in the right hon. and learned Gentleman 's life last week . |
| 13 | ‘ That last one were a long time before your time , Tom . |