Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] long way [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | But , ’ he continued seriously , ‘ I do see danger for you and I also feel sorry , as you have come a long way for nothing . ’ |
2 | Spices certainly have come a long way since their early days , when they were a rare commodity and it was considered an honour to receive them as a gift . |
3 | There is no gainsaying the fact that London-born Eleanor Bowen has come a long way since her last exhibition at the Durham Art Gallery some eight years ago . |
4 | ‘ We demonstrated that we have come a long way since our first game in Zimbabwe . |
5 | He had come a long way since his early days as a security guard with a small outfit , had climbed with Buckmaster . |
6 | It was then , and still is now , very much an island holiday paradise , but it 's come a long way from what were fairly basic beginnings and in addition to natural beauty can now offer resorts as modern and sophisticated as anywhere else in the Med . |
7 | Having successfully made the leap from television to the silver screen , she 's come a long way from her origins in Nowheresville , Nevada , but then Nowheresville , Nevada , sounds a little like Twin Peaks . |
8 | American Pentecostalism has travelled a long way from its roots in the southern states . |
9 | They had gone a long way without her even knowing it and they were riding beside the lake she had seen from the air . |
10 | But I have gone a long way from my original fine lace and the number of strokes of the lace carriage . |
11 | So , how does the G M B best get over the message to the mem non- members because unions have progressed a long way since our founder , Will Thorne , collected subs in a bucket . |
12 | I appear to have strayed a long way from our original topic . |