Example sentences of "[coord] [det] was [adv] far as " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that was as far as she got because the crash-bang music gave the final crash , the stage lights held for a moment and then cut to blackout , and there was a smattering of couldn't-care-less applause from the front of the house . |
| 2 | As she was only about fourteen , we always bought a few dark-red carnations from her , but that was as far as we would go , to her surprise and indignation . |
| 3 | ‘ I entered a few eisteddfods and competitions and did the exams but that was as far as I went . |
| 4 | But that was as far as you could go and often he became in a rather dubious position himself through doing that sort of thing . |
| 5 | The League of Nations and the Danzig Senate exchanged notes of protest , but that was as far as the League pursued the matter . |
| 6 | But that was as far as their thinking took them . |
| 7 | Lights were visible now in sundry windows , but that was as far as reactions seemed to go . |
| 8 | My parents both showed interest in my academic work , and my mother some minimal interest in the personalities of my teachers or friends , but that was as far as it went . |
| 9 | I picked out the Plough , and Orion , and the Pleiades , and of course the long splashing trail of the Milky Way , but that was as far as my knowledge went . |
| 10 | ‘ I gave her my condolences , ’ she said , properly , ‘ but that was as far as it went . |
| 11 | He was attracted to her , as any red-blooded male would be to any presentable woman in these circumstances , but that was as far as it went and it was up to her to make sure her own feelings did n't betray her . |
| 12 | The Cabots had sailed for Newfoundland but that was as far as it went . |