Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] as far [subord] 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 | She got as far as the bathroom and was half undressed when the doorbell rang , making her start . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | And are you now going to take that any further or are you going as far as the government wants you to go as this stage ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She walked as far as the cafeteria on her ward — they told her to — and walking was a strange bouncing glide . |
| 12 | " Wo n't you come as far as the boat ? " |
| 13 | ‘ They went as far as the railway crossin' on the other side of the tunnel , talked to the man on duty at the halt there , then turned back . |
| 14 | A full day excursion by coach to the spectacular bulbfields ; ablaze with the glorious colours of spring as they stretch as far as the eye can see . |
| 15 | He got as far as the lawn , just out there , and then he stopped and stood , seemingly just staring at the house . |
| 16 | He walked as far as the cart , took a packet of cigarettes from his jacket that was hanging on the tailgate and stood , sullenly smoking . |
| 17 | He walked as far as the beaches and along the deserted sea front . |
| 18 | Suggest he advances as far as the stream and stops them there , but make it a tactful suggestion . |
| 19 | Certainly it does as far as the naked eye is concerned . |
| 20 | The envoys — I do not know by what trickery they were deceived [ here Nithard bursts out into the first person ] — thus increased Lothar 's share of the regnum so that it extended as far as the Charbonnière . " |
| 21 | The fact that it spread as far as the Mycenaean chiefdoms of Greece has sometimes been regarded as surprising . |