Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ernie 's companions seemed to think he 'd gone far enough and were trying to distract his attention when a newcomer pushed his way into the group . |
| 2 | Henry seemed to feel he 'd gone far enough and backed off . |
| 3 | With the passing of time , he began to think that he 'd taken far too glum a view of the situation . |
| 4 | He had lost far more than her . |
| 5 | He could make himself out to be the apostle of order in Europe , but he had to devote far more his attention to order at home . |
| 6 | When Captain Maestrangelo got back to his office he realized he had eaten far too much too quickly in an effort to keep up with the Substitute . |
| 7 | When he judged he had gone far enough he crept cautiously out to where the trees were more sparse . |
| 8 | Had he merely handed the delivery order to G for return to A , the decision might have been otherwise , but by endorsing it to G he had gone far beyond what was necessary to secure the return of it to A. |
| 9 | Always insisting on the purity of life , on the importance of family existence , he had gone far beyond the mild precepts laid down by his mentor . |
| 10 | And most of the time they had been together , he had had far too much control . |
| 11 | He had taken far more interest in their efforts than his father had thought was right and proper for a boy and when Leonie , his eldest sister , had been apprenticed to a dressmaker his fascination had grown . |
| 12 | His reserve broke before he had got far and he revealed his own grievance . |
| 13 | But after all , he had come far in the last few months . |
| 14 | When he returned to the Gold Coast he had been absent for 12 years : he had departed far too young to have made any mark . |
| 15 | Gooch 's century was a triumph , in that he had looked far from certain in the early part of his innings , particularly against the unlucky Morrison . |