Example sentences of "'ve come a " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We 've come a long way , you and I , ’ Michael went on .
2 We 've come a long , long way in just five years . ’
3 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 !
4 I 've come a long way — I may have to go much farther — and I 'm not turning back now .
5 ‘ I 've come a hell of a long way , you know .
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 I 've come a cropper over this before , bemoaning the appalling performance of a 386/40 until I noticed that the tiny turbo light was off and , instead of running at 40MHz , the machine was running at 8MHz !
11 We 've come a long way — with everyday improvements such as …
12 We 've come a long way from the free-standing stove with four burners and an oven with maybe a separate grill or broiler .
13 You 've come a long way for a late-night drink . ’
14 ‘ 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 . ’
15 You 've come a long way from Manchester to deal with that .
16 ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’
17 I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 He said oh I 've come a bit too early have I ?
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