Example sentences of "[adv] far [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 So far nobody has taken up the suggestion that since goalkeepers have become bigger , scoring would be made easier if the goals themselves were enlarged .
2 I am told that there have been further incidents since the system reopened but so far nobody has come along with any details .
3 So far they list the advantages of the group as — getting away together , mutual support , time to reflect , being straight with each other , mutual prayer .
4 So far they 've got £8,000 together by putting on raves , but they still need £2,000 .
5 So far they 've had good bushel weights . ’
6 So far they 've managed to isolate an ingredient which kills human sperm extremely quickly and efficiently .
7 Travelling from the northern tip of Scotland to the southern cliffs of England is tough enough … 1200 muscle sapping miles … but Derek Hegarty and Neil Pascoe are doing it an even harder way … they 're competing in their own marathon triathlon … which is running swimming and cycling … so far they 've run up Ben Nevis …
8 So far they 've spent twenty four hours at the house … and in the best tradition of ghost stories , things really DID go bump in the night .
9 So far they 've had no pension .
10 So far they 've only recived one such call , and it was of little use .
11 So far they 've always said yes .
12 But so far they 've had only one reply .
13 Avon and Somerset Police told us they 've been monitoring the situation closely , but so far they 've been unable to press criminal charges .
14 So far they 've got barely half that amount .
15 But so far they 'd drawn a blank in that direction .
16 He 'd had ideas about them buying somewhere of their own , but so far they 'd had to stay as ideas .
17 So far they had been doing nothing more than ‘ just walking the dog , Guv ’ .
18 So far they had smashed sixteen windows , burnt nine desks , singed the hair of several pupils and set someone 's jacket alight .
19 Mary lived in Ormskirk , and so far they had been lucky there .
20 Yet so far they had not prayed ; Amanda Fergusson appeared still to be arguing with her father ; while the God she had taken to proclaiming did not sound the kind of God who would lightly forgive the Colonel 's obstinate sinning against the light .
21 So far they had n't applied for a search warrant to go over the boat , but Maurice did n't care if they did .
22 So far they had done precisely that , which made it all the more extraordinary that Julius should be here now , in her flat , actively seeking her out for the first time since he had overridden all his basic instincts and principles and strode out of her life ; away from the disastrous shambles of their marriage .
23 So far they had not ventured beyond the great boundary walls ; many times Ana came with them and this was allowed after Felipe noticed Maggie 's protective attitude to the girl and the gentle way that Mitch dealt with her .
24 I saw the evil light in his eyes and knew that so far they had only been playing with me : their real intent was to kill .
25 Doctors at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford have only just started to keep a record , but so far they treated six people for barfly injuries .
26 He had assured her he would be able to lead her out of the forest , but so far they seemed only to have become tangled further in its mazy pathways .
27 So far they have set up Parish Maps , New Milestones and recently Trees , Woods and the Green Man projects — the last being connected to the Orchards exhibition .
28 So far they have received nothing from the Government , little EC assistance and are running out of funds donated by individuals and industry .
29 So far they have gained little official recognition and therefore do not automatically qualify for government grants to students .
30 Judging from the reception at every performance so far they have succeeded .
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