Example sentences of "[vb base] come a long way from " in BNC.
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| 1 | In situations where tempers are getting raised , we can stand back and make everyone aware of what is happening and the effect on progress : ‘ We all seem to be getting very heated about this , and we 've come a long way from the main issue . |
| 2 | We 've come a long way from the free-standing stove with four burners and an oven with maybe a separate grill or broiler . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't doubt it , Seb , you 've come a long way from the poor , sickly boy who arrived here from London only a couple of years ago . ’ |
| 4 | You 've come a long way from Manchester to deal with that . |
| 5 | The only difficulty you might face is in getting the right look — doors that match the style of your house — but manufacturers have come a long way from the early aluminium-framed types , and a range of styles is now available . |
| 6 | The Inspirals have come a long way from 1989 's full-tilt three-minute organ romp early days . |
| 7 | But manufacturers have come a long way from the aluminium-framed picture windows that disfigured so many homes in the early days of the replacement window boom , and a wide range of window styles is now available . |