Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] a long " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Mr McKillop , you 've travelled a long way and you 've worked hard but I think this is as far as you 're likely to get . ’
2 I 've travelled a long way today . ’
3 ‘ We 've come a long way , you and I , ’ Michael went on .
4 We 've come a long , long way in just five years . ’
5 They 've come a long way since those days though — the soles of that pair were completely worn through after 400 miles walking in the Andes so that I ended up walking in my socks !
6 I 've come a long way — I may have to go much farther — and I 'm not turning back now .
7 ‘ We 've come a long way since the U.2 fiasco . ’
8 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 .
9 H'eye tech — mascara is the one make-up item few women would be without and we 've come a long way since the days of mascaras that smudged or flaked around the eyes .
10 You 've come a long way in a short time . ’
11 We 've come a long way — with everyday improvements such as …
12 We 've come a long way from the free-standing stove with four burners and an oven with maybe a separate grill or broiler .
13 You 've come a long way for a late-night drink . ’
14 ‘ 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 . ’
15 You 've come a long way from Manchester to deal with that .
16 ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’
17 I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress .
18 We 've come a long way since a 1953 bride-to-be wrote a despairing plea to a weekly magazine for someone to offer a more varied menu than cold ham , salad and trifle for her wedding breakfast .
19 But I 've come a long way and er so I 'll go back next er Wednesday to the department and er er if people will bear with me and put up with it er I 'll take it er fairly slowly to start with but I dare say there will come a time when er erm you wo n't notice much difference .
20 ‘ You 've done a long , long stint , have n't you ? ’
21 Look , you 've made a long shadow .
22 You 've got a long and full life ahead of you , chum , so you must now stop worrying and go back to sleep and catch up on the strength you 'll need for living it up when you 're better . ’
23 I 've got a long lonely road home in front of me .
24 ‘ I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty , ’ she 'd say .
25 I 've got a long drive tomorrow .
26 But perhaps you 've got a long drive ahead , ’ he said , not so much hesitantly as enquiringly .
27 ‘ No — but only because I 've got a long drive ahead of me .
28 They 've got a long list , and I assume that the non long listed candidates have been told ?
29 Erm , I 'd like to welcome you to the Industrial Training Board , I spent about four and a half years with training scheme , and I actually originated in er , engineering , so er , I 've got a long track record , perhaps of training and er , an even long track record working , so I wo n't give you too hard a time .
30 You 've got a long way to go before you can set up on your own .
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