Example sentences of "was as far as [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she was only about fourteen , we always bought a few dark-red carnations from her , but that was as far as we would go , to her surprise and indignation . |
| 2 | ‘ It was as far as we could get , ’ explained Farag , ‘ because then the ghaffir came back . ’ |
| 3 | She obeyed and he watched with still , dark eyes until she was as far as she could get from the trembling animal . |
| 4 | ‘ M-m … ’ was as far as she could stammer , for , in the next instant , Naylor was looking past her at his uncle . |
| 5 | ‘ It was as far as you could go in Moyne . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | That , for the moment , was as far as he would go . |
| 8 | They just r r rammed their way and you had an man the they had a man they tell me I I 've never seen one But erm this was as far as I can make out er by the They had a man standing by you see with a a spanner and er gave it a quarter turn every time it hammered the the drill sort of hit the rock , went into the and hammered . |
| 9 | Well he was as far as I can remember he was thirty eight he , he went he worked at the Gas Works , ca n't remember much about that really but er I think he 'd actually been working nights and came home and actually died in bed I believe . |
| 10 | This was as far as I could get by water . |
| 11 | This , I suppose , was as far as I could allow myself to go . |