Example sentences of "went as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even so , you would n't have thought it went as fast as that in a creature that moves so slowly , would you , Miss Honey ? ’ |
| 2 | Tony went as fast as he could , and I was concentrating on staying on board as we rattled over the bumpy paths . |
| 3 | We never went as fast as downhill skiers might with their heavy skis on steeper slopes , but our descents were exciting nevertheless . |
| 4 | His interview with Law went as badly as it is easily possible to imagine . |
| 5 | Her speech went as well as was possible , given that it was being made on the stickiest of sticky Parliamentary wickets . |
| 6 | Integrity , combined with wariness , pride , and the kind of stoic endurance that accompanied an understanding of suffering , a loss of innocence that went as deep as the soul . |
| 7 | His face went as hard as the bronze , it resembled and his eyes said things I pretended not to hear . |
| 8 | That , she thought , was as good an idea as any , and on silent feet she went as swiftly as she had come back to her kitchen . |
| 9 | It transpired that the snow went as quickly as it had come , the road was opened and supplies began getting through regularly again . |
| 10 | One tabloid , threatened since with a writ , went as far as to say that he would not be able to find such a sum . |
| 11 | Some amateur associations went as far as legal prosecution to prevent any payment or pro fit being derived from the activities they controlled . |
| 12 | The bill put forward by President Bush in May 1989 went as far as he thought wise in loading new burdens on to industry . |
| 13 | Typically , teen magazines like Smash Hits , were soon on the case and presented them as a ‘ new ’ band , although none went as far as dubbing them the customary , overnight success . |
| 14 | The railway only went as far as Achnasheen in 1876 . |
| 15 | Stockdale even went as far as praising Laurent for having surveyed , and a foreigner at that , without the knowledge of the language and ‘ by eye alone … without the use of instruments and in the coldest part of the year … in less than two months two towns for some miles in circumference , with all their intricate communications . ’ |
| 16 | Garry Bushell , a tabloid journalist , even went as far as to doubt Mr McShane 's status as a ‘ serious sex symbol ’ . |
| 17 | One Columbia University student went as far as writing a paper on the novel and its author and was awarded a respectable grade . |
| 18 | In nearby Sumatra , the Batak men went as far as deliberately slicing open their penises and inserting pieces of stone , which became firmly embedded as the wound closed over . |
| 19 | Uncle Joe subjected me to the same torture and humiliation every time we were alone together — although , thankfully , he never actually went as far as raping me . |
| 20 | With some exceptions , the gentry and clergy readily accepted the Restoration in 1660 ; few went as far as the Reverend Dr William Oughtred who , at the age of 86 , ‘ died of excess of joy when he heard of the restoration of the monarchy ’ . |
| 21 | The figure was well below City estimates and one analyst went as far as to say that the detailed announcement ‘ deserves to set the standards for all ’ . |
| 22 | One even went as far as giving a story to a newspaper that the couple would share the same bed in Korea . |
| 23 | Even when Shaun and Bez went as far as editing Penthouse for the day , papers tutted and sighed but still printed pictures of the pair grinning like village idiots , surrounded by tits and bums . |
| 24 | After the unveiling ceremony a special train hauled by No 2 The Countess went as far as Castle Caereinion before returning to Raven Square . |
| 25 | John Major did not publicly denounce Mr Churchill , but went as far as hinting that he disapproved . |
| 26 | The Education Officer of Matagalpa Prison went as far as to say that when systems of exploitation can be brought to an end , crime as a major social phenomenon will disappear . |
| 27 | The Greek governing party , PASOK , went as far as to create a ‘ Green Guard ’ around the Premier Papandreou . |
| 28 | At one time , the Club went as far as refusing to allow juveniles a reduced entrance price for the London Road terrace but allowed them half price for other areas . |
| 29 | In particular West Ham and Poplar and a handful of other Boards with active Labour members went as far as their resources permitted in providing out-door relief and improved workhouse conditions even for the unemployed , even though they faced considerable opposition from the LGB . |
| 30 | After the 1987 hurricane , the Tree Council went as far as to say that ‘ unless positive encouragement is given to owners to restore these woods … they will revert to scrub and never recover . ’ |