Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] a long way " in BNC.

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1 I had come a long way ; and I could recognise the signs of travel in others .
2 I 've travelled a long way today . ’
3 I 've come a long way — I may have to go much farther — and I 'm not turning back now .
4 I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress .
5 But I 've come a long way and er so I 'll go back next er Wednesday to the department and er er if people will bear with me and put up with it er I 'll take it er fairly slowly to start with but I dare say there will come a time when er erm you wo n't notice much difference .
6 I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty , ’ she 'd say .
7 mm , I 've got a long way to go yet then have I ?
8 But I have gone a long way from my original fine lace and the number of strokes of the lace carriage .
9 Then the Bishop firmly gripped the King 's tunic round his chest and shook it violently , saying again , " You owe me a kiss because I have come a long way to see you . "
10 But I have come a long way since then
11 I hear you 've come a long way . "
12 She has come a long way from 1755 when John Whiston described her poetry as ‘ extremely fit for young ladies … ‘
13 ‘ Mr McKillop , you 've travelled a long way and you 've worked hard but I think this is as far as you 're likely to get . ’
14 You 've got a long way to go before you can set up on your own .
15 As I say you 've er , you 've got a long way to go , okay , fine thank you .
16 Yes cos you 've got a long way
17 You 've got a long way to travel .
18 You 've come a long way in a short time . ’
19 You 've come a long way for a late-night drink . ’
20 ‘ I do n't doubt it , Seb , you 've come a long way from the poor , sickly boy who arrived here from London only a couple of years ago . ’
21 You 've come a long way from Manchester to deal with that .
22 You 've come a long way to do just that . ’
23 She watched him leave the room , her heart heavy , as though she had run a long way uphill , and had not the strength for the return journey .
24 ‘ You know why I 'm here , ’ she said , her voice rasping in her throat as though she had run a long way .
25 She had gone a long way , when she came to a big foot .
26 She had gone a long way towards admitting that the King could not live of his own .
27 She had been one of them once , but suddenly she had gone a long way away .
28 If anyone found out and if Alain was angry she would fight it out later , but for now she had come a long way , she was tired , disappointed , and nobody was going to stop her from staying here .
29 She had come a long way and as far as she could see it would take much longer even to reach the foothills .
30 One could tell he was a man who had come a long way , and who intended going a great deal further .
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