Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] they [modal v] go " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shafts of piercing sunlight slowly push their curious fingers through the dusty waters as far down as they will go . |
| 2 | At the same time as I was being bundled in and out of police vans for telling the troops in Northern Ireland exactly where they should go , I was also attending GLF meetings . |
| 3 | probably where they would go for erm |
| 4 | And you knew what they were thinking , they were trying to weigh up whether they dare go across the stepping stones and you could tell by their faces and what they did of course when they decided no it was beyond them and they 'd play safe and they 'd go back the same way . |
| 5 | They began annoying their parents by constantly asking when the car would be back so they could go home and watch television . |
| 6 | But what is unquestionably true is that he spent much of I 188 not on the way to the Holy Land but in the castles and camps of south-western France , and that widespread rumour said that his enemies were bribed and incited into action by his own father , determined to keep Richard back until they could go together . |
| 7 | Tugging the cuffs down over his hands as far as they would go , he worked his cuffed wrists down his back and round his behind . |
| 8 | When Aggie swung round with a lightness that always denied her heavy bulk and made hastily for the door , Millie flew after her and , jumping in front of her , threw her arms around her waist as far as they would go , crying , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 9 | The curtains were drawn back as far as they would go , and whenever she looked up the green-brown panorama confronted her and the pale bowl of sky . |
| 10 | He wanted to run his fingers up as far as they would go , but he remained motionless , like a frozen frame in a black and white film . |
| 11 | By the beginning of this century , however , the towers had gone as far as they could go . |
| 12 | I merely want to open all the doors as far as they will go at the moment . ’ |
| 13 | When the affected characters get to the east wall ( or as far as they can go in that direction if other characters stop them ) , they are attacked . |
| 14 | Be careful to spread the legs , not as far as they can go , but only as far as is comfortable . |
| 15 | This is fine so far as it goes , but even Marxist approaches have not always taken things as far as they should go . |
| 16 | As they got older they accompanied their parents in the evening too , running as fast as they could go for fear of being late for the six o'clock open air meeting in one of the streets . |
| 17 | They rode back up the valley as fast as they could go . |