Example sentences of "i have come a long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I had come a long way ; and I could recognise the signs of travel in others .
2 I 've come a long way — I may have to go much farther — and I 'm not turning back now .
3 I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress .
4 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 .
5 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 . "
6 But I have come a long way since then
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