Example sentences of "'ve [verb] a long [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We 've come a long way since the U.2 fiasco . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 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 | I 've had a long life and many blessings and you 've been one of the best . |