Example sentences of "[verb] a long [noun] since [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Spices certainly have come a long way since their early days , when they were a rare commodity and it was considered an honour to receive them as a gift . |
2 | There is no gainsaying the fact that London-born Eleanor Bowen has come a long way since her last exhibition at the Durham Art Gallery some eight years ago . |
3 | ‘ We demonstrated that we have come a long way since our first game in Zimbabwe . |
4 | He had come a long way since his early days as a security guard with a small outfit , had climbed with Buckmaster . |
5 | So , how does the G M B best get over the message to the mem non- members because unions have progressed a long way since our founder , Will Thorne , collected subs in a bucket . |