Example sentences of "be as far as [pers pn] could " in BNC.

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1 I could do about six different costing forms , so it 's not like you could have a yellow wallet , because , presumably he 's saying we want a yellow wallet with enquiry form , a costing form , and that is as far as you could have it anyway .
2 They stood arm-in-arm , back to the traffic , as though looking over the railway lines , and Alice , holding the spray low down , wrote , " We Are All … " which is as far as she could go without having to move .
3 That 's as far as I could er
4 ‘ It was as far as we could get , ’ explained Farag , ‘ because then the ghaffir came back . ’
5 She obeyed and he watched with still , dark eyes until she was as far as she could get from the trembling animal .
6 ‘ M-m … ’ was as far as she could stammer , for , in the next instant , Naylor was looking past her at his uncle .
7 ‘ It was as far as you could go in Moyne .
8 But that was as far as you could go and often he became in a rather dubious position himself through doing that sort of thing .
9 This was as far as I could get by water .
10 This , I suppose , was as far as I could allow myself to go .
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