Example sentences of "to have [vb pp] a long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Again , during the American War of Independence , their colonel is said to have given a long speech under heavy fire about Spartan discipline and the efficient military system of the Lacedaemonians .
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 Today the Garrett manufacturing vase shows the company to have come a long way from the first detectors built on the garage bench .
4 It seemed to have lasted a long time and there had been no glory for me in it .
5 I appear to have strayed a long way from our original topic .
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