Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] 've [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it 's fair to say that we 've gone a long , long way in Oxford to breaking down barriers with regard to the inspection priorities , and we are in a position within the city where we have nature of , if you like , technicians and staff that are doing jobs that in many other surrounding areas , and indeed throughout the country are the prerogative of E H O , and these include areas specified as high-risk by MAFF , and include a great bulk of all customer and consumer complaints . |
| 2 | It does n't need me to say that we 've got a long way to go . |
| 3 | But my grandparents had worked at Drogo since it was built , so we 've had a long link with the Drewes ; the family put in a word for me so I got the job . |
| 4 | I 'm used to being on my own and you 've had a long day . ’ |
| 5 | Yes cos you 've got a long way |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But sh sh sure they can succ succ they can succeed in creating capitalism , it , it it , it might succeed in paving the way for new China 's industrialization but we 've gone a long way from any any ideological position , we 've gone a long way from well what is in the best material benefiting class of the poor peasant now the poor peasant is not gon na get very much out of this . |
| 10 | ‘ No — but only because I 've got a long drive ahead of me . |
| 11 | I 've worked in for 30 years and lots of us have worked for over 25 years and we do know that they are bringing in trainees in on higher salaries than ourselves , which obviously is quite upsetting when you 've worked a long time . |