Example sentences of "[noun] come a long way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephen saw the police cars coming a long way off , three of them in a convoy coming up the white road from Hilderbridge . |
| 2 | We get people coming a long way , in the car . |
| 3 | In the never-never land of unreal prices , widespread subsidies and easy bank loans , using resources efficiently to make profits comes a long way down the list of priorities . |
| 4 | I think , I think , that I think that the children and the pensioners and the sick people of Britain come a long way before income tax cuts next year , or for many years to come . |
| 5 | The company came a long way in the 1980s , but only because the leopard changed its spots by making the transition from selection to search . |