Example sentences of "go so far as [to-vb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | He even goes so far as to fabricate his signature in a way similar to Pound 's , so that it forms a kind of hieroglyph . |
2 | She even goes so far as to say her grandmother does the warm-up exercises , using tins of soup instead of weights , though her husband Richard Gere sticks to Tai Chi and riding his bike . |
3 | For another , Gombrich was unfailingly courteous and informative , without , however , going so far as to make his interviewer sound good . |
4 | Some even go so far as to link its emergence to the coming of reggae music to Britain , circa 1970 , and the first reggae film widely seen in Britain , Perry Henzell 's ( 1972 ) The Harder They Come starring Jimmy Cliff . |
5 | Farr-Jones went so far as to telephone his wife Angela in Sydney saying she should expect him home within days . |
6 | One went so far as to describe her life as ‘ tragic ’ . |
7 | In their efforts to impress the United States , the Romanians went so far as to compare their position vis-à-vis the Kremlin with Cuba 's in relation to Washington . |
8 | Toby went so far as to straighten his back . |
9 | ‘ Produce your bit of paper , ’ he rapped out , ‘ and , although I wo n't go so far as to give your eventual marriage my blessing , at least I 'll let it run its natural course . |