Example sentences of "[vb past] a long way to go " in BNC.

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1 I got a long way to go to get to high class .
2 British officials denied the conditions were already virtually fulfilled by Serbia , saying that Mr Milosevic ‘ had a long way to go ’ before the EC would be satisfied .
3 The woman was in black stilettoes , walking slowly and evidently in pain — as if she had walked into the country in inappropriate shoes and was blistered and had a long way to go , as if this hot summer wind from the chalk hills was almost too much for her .
4 They had a long way to go .
5 She still had a long way to go and championship victories in Stuttgart , Rome , Seoul and Split followed , plus city marathons in Rotterdam , Chicago , Boston , Osaka and then London last year .
6 True , she probably still had a long way to go .
7 The University of Utah team made it clear that they still had a long way to go and would like another year to eighteen months to continue their research before announcing it .
8 In 1926 , on any economic criterion , they still had a long way to go , when , pacified by the placebos of the previous year , they claimed a moral victory , and vanished into the archives of oblivion .
9 From their point of view they still had a long way to go in rescuing their past .
10 Without this slow agricultural revolution , which still had a long way to go in many European countries in 1880 , food production would not have been able to keep up with population growth .
11 The mounted soldier still had a long way to go and his influence was very considerable in the whole period covered by this book .
12 We had a long way to go and to start by knocking the monarchy would n't go down too well at home .
13 The majority of people were sympathetic , but we had a long way to go before people would be shouting ‘ Honte à la reine Britannique ’ in the streets .
14 Being a mere apprentice was boring and carried no cachet , and Lydia was dauntedly aware that she had a long way to go before she achieved the skills and ease of perfection .
15 They had a long way to go before that could happen .
16 Travellers today said the Charter was a step forward , but BR still had a long way to go .
17 Anne : he had a long way to go do you think he 's done enough to survive ?
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