Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ 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 . ’
2 I 've travelled a long way today . ’
3 ‘ We 've come a long way , you and I , ’ Michael went on .
4 They 've come a long way since those days though — the soles of that pair were completely worn through after 400 miles walking in the Andes so that I ended up walking in my socks !
5 I 've come a long way — I may have to go much farther — and I 'm not turning back now .
6 ‘ We 've come a long way since the U.2 fiasco . ’
7 In situations where tempers are getting raised , we can stand back and make everyone aware of what is happening and the effect on progress : ‘ We all seem to be getting very heated about this , and we 've come a long way from the main issue .
8 H'eye tech — mascara is the one make-up item few women would be without and we 've come a long way since the days of mascaras that smudged or flaked around the eyes .
9 You 've come a long way in a short time . ’
10 We 've come a long way — with everyday improvements such as …
11 We 've come a long way from the free-standing stove with four burners and an oven with maybe a separate grill or broiler .
12 You 've come a long way for a late-night drink . ’
13 ‘ 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 . ’
14 You 've come a long way from Manchester to deal with that .
15 ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’
16 I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress .
17 We 've come a long way since a 1953 bride-to-be wrote a despairing plea to a weekly magazine for someone to offer a more varied menu than cold ham , salad and trifle for her wedding breakfast .
18 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 .
19 Look , you 've made a long shadow .
20 I 've got a long drive tomorrow .
21 But perhaps you 've got a long drive ahead , ’ he said , not so much hesitantly as enquiringly .
22 ‘ No — but only because I 've got a long drive ahead of me .
23 ‘ I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty , ’ she 'd say .
24 You 've got a long way to go before you can set up on your own .
25 As I say you 've er , you 've got a long way to go , okay , fine thank you .
26 Yes cos you 've got a long way
27 You 've got a long way to travel .
28 mm , I 've got a long way to go yet then have I ?
29 It does n't need me to say that we 've got a long way to go .
30 Oh every year , oh well we 've got a long time to keep it going , within about the first , within about the first month daddy managed to get the iron on the top
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