Example sentences of "[verb] come [prep] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 I heard a voice which seemed to come from a long distance — ‘ Throw the bastard down .
2 He looked at her and said , adopting roguishness , ‘ Would you like to come on a long journey with me ?
3 The sound had seemed to come from a long way over the heath to the right .
4 The parlour had come on a long way since I was a boy .
5 Despite the fact that he had come from a long line of soldier forebears , even the combination of breeding , upbringing and training no longer made it easy for him to bear the tedium of army life with good grace .
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