Example sentences of "[verb] travel a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | American Pentecostalism has travelled a long way from its roots in the southern states . |
| 2 | Careful attention to engine mounting and sound insulation means that the large engine sounds almost as though it belongs to the car in front — a remote burbling noise that seems to have travelled a long way before it reaches the driver 's ear . |
| 3 | He had been offered one interview , but had decided against it because , if he obtained the job , it would have meant travelling a long distance every day . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | I 've travelled a long way today . ’ |
| 6 | The stranger 's clothes were dusty and muddy , as if he had travelled a long way . |
| 7 | ‘ Sound does travel a long way , does n't it ? |
| 8 | That is about what would be expected if a short burst of neutrons with a range of energies had to travel a long distance ; the slower , less-energetic neutrons would lag behind those with more energy . |
| 9 | We have travelled a long way from the traditional " dualist " and " monist " views of style outlined in Chapter 1 . |
| 10 | But the family sat on with the inertia of those who have travelled a long way and are reluctant to face the effort of arrival . |
| 11 | All in all , they have travelled a long way since that night when Santos led a nervous band of campesinos , complete with a BBC camera crew , onto Doña Elsa 's cattle ranch . |
| 12 | We have travelled a long way from the original accelerationist hypothesis as set out in Friedman 's Presidential Address . |
| 13 | Truly , we have travelled a long way from the high hopes and higher hyperbole of the 1980s , when inward investment offered a fast-track escape route from a crumbling manufacturing base . |