Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] a long [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the industrial robot has come a long way since the early sixties when Joe Engelberger set up Unimation , the world 's first industrial robot making company . |
| 2 | He has come a long way since he worked as a production runner with James Wong Howe and Martin Ritt in a coal-mining village in Pennsylvania . |
| 3 | Even if men 's fashion has come a long way since the Sixties , the overwhelming inspiration , Cerruti concedes , is still the archetypal English businessman 's suit . |
| 4 | Geldof has come a long way since his first single with the Boomtown Rats , a hymn to selfishness called Looking After Number One . |
| 5 | The industry has come a long way since the day 's of men selling cornets from the back of bicycles . |
| 6 | Packaging technology has come a long way since the founder opened his first shop in 1869 , and the requirements of today 's customer are very different from those of the Victorian housewife . |
| 7 | Er psychiatry has come a long way and er certain diagnostic st studies and diagnostic tests are taken of the individual erm and the doctors conclude whether or not the the work contributed to the problem or not . |
| 8 | He jumps at home only when he has had a long rest and needs a quick reminder of what the job is all about ; otherwise his jumping is confined to the shows . |
| 9 | This question too has had a long history though it is only quite recently that it has become a precisely defined issue of zoological theory . |
| 10 | Kapil has advanced a long way since he burst onto the international scene in the late 1970s . |
| 11 | I retraced my steps , by this time it was 7 pm and I 'd done a long walk and about 45 miles on the bike . |
| 12 | Careful attention to engine mounting and sound insulation means that the large engine sounds almost as though it belongs to the car in front — a remote burbling noise that seems to have travelled a long way before it reaches the driver 's ear . |
| 13 | It seemed to have lasted a long time and there had been no glory for me in it . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We 've come a long way since the U.2 fiasco . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Rufus had come a long way since the Goblander days and the car he got into to drive himself to the hospital he attended two mornings a week was a Mercedes , not yet a year old . |
| 19 | She had come a long way and as far as she could see it would take much longer even to reach the foothills . |
| 20 | He had had a long drive and , in the face of great provocation , behaved , on the whole , exceedingly well . |
| 21 | I 've had a long life and many blessings and you 've been one of the best . |
| 22 | Our visit had taken a long time and we returned to Skeldale House for lunch . |
| 23 | Feel as if I had lived a long time and done very little . |
| 24 | But the family sat on with the inertia of those who have travelled a long way and are reluctant to face the effort of arrival . |
| 25 | Wintec and Thorowgood saddles have come a long way since early designs and Thorowgood also make wipe-clean bridles that look smart enough for most occasions . |
| 26 | Microwave ovens have come a long way since they first appeared in our kitchens about 20 years ago , but how do you know which type will suit your style of cooking ? |
| 27 | Of course photographic techniques HAVE come a long way since Ponting 's day . |
| 28 | THE greeting cards , gift wrap and stationery people T&A Thompson Cards have come a long way since it all began for them in a garage about 15 years ago — they have just opened a superb new outlet in the Ravenhill Business Park . |
| 29 | it 's come a long way since we had Lego . |
| 30 | He 's got a long memory and can be rather spiteful . |