Example sentences of "[pers pn] get as [adv] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing that was quite extraordinary was what I found when I got as far as the back premises . |
| 2 | I finished equal fifth and , although I got as far as the final qualifying round for the Open and won through two rounds of the Amateur Championship , that was to be my best result for the year . |
| 3 | When I got as far as the door I dragged myself upright again , turned the handle , and lurched in . |
| 4 | She got as far as the bathroom and was half undressed when the doorbell rang , making her start . |
| 5 | She got as far as the other side of the wide bed before being dragged back and pinned beneath fitzAlan 's forceful weight for the second time that night . |
| 6 | I , I shall be seeing the you know in a few weeks time the daughter she 's a , she 's er Rene that was erm Eddie , who were very big pals of mine and we go to the anniversary lunch together so we 're all over eighty but erm you could n't the bread shop , was another confectioner 's shop , and then turning round the corner you come to another shop , up two steps , which was and that was another type of confectionery and shop , then you get as far as the corn and seed people er they used to have a shop in Street as well , and then before the First World War there was the butchers and they sold foreign meat . |
| 7 | He got as far as the lawn , just out there , and then he stopped and stood , seemingly just staring at the house . |
| 8 | If it gets as far as a decision , it will prove the leading case for some time on the thorny issue of what duty regulators owe the customers of the regulated . |