Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [verb] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | NATO and Warsaw Pact negotiators in Vienna were indeed moving towards broad agreement on ( i ) the exchange of military data ( which began to flow far more freely than it had done in the past ) ; ( ii ) intrusive verification regimes ; and ( iii ) " asymmetric " force reductions owing to Warsaw Pact superiority . |
| 2 | She blinked and scoured her brain desperately for a neutral topic of conversation to deflect his attention , but the question which emerged proved far from neutral . |
| 3 | Her frock , which had cost far less than one of her hats in her old life , was a short-sleeved model in navy blue , with a sailor 's collar in navy blue and white silk , and had anchors embroidered around the hem of her skirt . |
| 4 | A Hornby clockwork train and a Number 4 Meccano set , both of which had given far more pleasure to John Redburn than they had to his son . |
| 5 | On the corner of the opposite side was a house which had seen far better days but thankfully has now been restored . |
| 6 | I was immensely proud of this , having no idea that ‘ the Friends ’ was now a rapidly growing organization which had moved far beyond my immediate circle . |
| 7 | By the nineteenth , they were very important and expensive institutions which had moved far from their original concerns with navigation and positional astronomy . |