Example sentences of "have [verb] a long way [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This minor impediment for the flanker is just sufficient to allow a fraction more time and space for the half-back to get things moving and has gone a long way to assist in opening the game up . |
| 2 | I think the Home Secretary has gone a long way to meet many anxieties which were expressed |
| 3 | ‘ You would have to go a long way to see a better game than that . |
| 4 | And I think it w w was quite difficult for people because they 'd either have to walk a long way to try and make a telephone call . |
| 5 | If she had said no he would have had a long way to jump . |
| 6 | Although you might have driven a long way to get there , do n't put yourself into a situation you ca n't handle . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’ |
| 8 | I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty , ’ she 'd say . |
| 10 | You 've got a long way to go before you can set up on your own . |
| 11 | As I say you 've er , you 've got a long way to go , okay , fine thank you . |
| 12 | mm , I 've got a long way to go yet then have I ? |
| 13 | It does n't need me to say that we 've got a long way to go . |
| 14 | You 've got a long way to travel . |
| 15 | Then the Bishop firmly gripped the King 's tunic round his chest and shook it violently , saying again , " You owe me a kiss because I have come a long way to see you . " |
| 16 | First we felt that women have come a long way given the very radical and novel nature of their demands to enter public life as individuals in their own right . |
| 17 | He 's got a long way to go home , ’ said Ray Shepherd quietly . |
| 18 | The birth was on July 1st and at 7 lb 7 oz he 's got a long way to go to catch up to dad . |
| 19 | Gemma 's got a long way to go before she gets to eighty |
| 20 | Phil 's got a long way to go actually |
| 21 | He 's got a long way to go to find it . |
| 22 | This is a bit odd cos Banbury 's got a long way to travel |
| 23 | Certainly we have gone a long way to improve the ‘ traditional ’ British Rail sandwich . ’ |