Example sentences of "i [verb] as [adv] as the " 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 | I walked as far as the castle , where the tram tracks jut out towards the far bank of the Daugava River to show where the bridge was torn away from under them . |
5 | I went as far as the Galilee Gate , I turned and came back to my church . |
6 | And I think as far as the critics are concerned , John Maynard-Smith may allow me to adapt erm the critical misjudgement of all time , which was made by a Dublin Professor when The Origin of Species first came out , which you will remember no doubt |
7 | I was so physically tired that I slept as soundly as the corpses outside the window but , unlike them , awoke refreshed and went downstairs to a good breakfast . |