Example sentences of "far as you [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 But forswear all attacks upon cities and towns , upon travellers going their way without ill-thought towards you , all provocation of all kind against the borders , and avoid , so far as ye may , any meeting with any English soldiery .
2 As far as you could understand him , this was to the effect that since the Government was rejecting any suggestion that it was to blame for this scandal , since most of the alleged swindlers were difficult to bring to book , and since the investors who lost the money nearly all live in Tory marginals , then the one innocent party — the taxpayer — would foot the £150 million bill .
3 Then came the snow and she had to stay in and watch from the window how it piled up against the water butt , how it lay like a blanket along the sills , how it changed the distance from bluey brown to white as far as you could see .
4 As far as you could see there was a great undulating cushion of varied greenery , mile upon mile of leaves .
5 The land folded in on itself as far as you could see — green and brown hillsides sinking down in repetition , marked by the dark masses of trees and hedges .
6 Got as far as you could only use five hundred and forty odd or something was it
7 PP : As far as you could tell , were there any other factors which contributed to her death ?
8 what was Mr attitude to spending on national advertising in so far as you could work it out ?
9 Never mind you got as far as you could , so at least you got that far Deirdre .
10 You have to get right down as far as you can .
11 This is taking a sense of the particular about as far as you can go : man evolving as harmoniously with his landscape as the mayfly nymph evolved in harmony with its stream .
12 Close your eyes , inhale and bend back as far as you can ( without any discomfort ) thrusting your arms back .
13 Take three deep breaths , breathing in as far as you can but without straining .
14 Raise the eyebrows , forcing them up as far as you can as if trying to make them meet your hair line .
15 You 've got to keep yourself active as far as you can .
16 All you have to do is stand still , then in a sudden , short burst of activity you chuck this sort of cannon-ball-like object as far as you can .
17 Put your hand inside their pocket and push the rope up the sleeve as far as you can .
18 Then put your other arm right down in his sleeve from the top as far as you can until you can grasp the rope .
19 As you go through these , try to aim for clarity and smoothness , not just speed ( and if you have a 21-fret guitar , obviously only play up as far as you can go ! ) .
20 Slowly lean forwards as far as you can without straining .
21 Stretch arms up high , then slowly lean forwards as far as you can without straining .
22 Stretch arms up high , then slowly lean forwards as far as you can without straining .
23 Stretch arms up high , then slowly lean forwards as far as you can without straining .
24 With one leg extended forward and the other leg bent , stretch arms up high , then slowly lean forwards as far as you can without straining .
25 But reach as far as you can .
26 The voters , so far as you can judge from Greek opinion polls , would like to choose an economically responsible government in the coming election , and may even be willing to react responsibly to what it asks of them .
27 First , a murder should be , as far as you can make it so , attention-grabbing .
28 Equally , your murder still needs to be , in so far as you can contrive it without becoming ridiculous , attention-grabbing .
29 • Tip : Accept your baby 's unpredictability as far as you can , and on no account blame yourself for it ( or listen to anyone who implies you ought to get his act together ) .
30 ‘ It seems likely that you were the last person to see Glynn alive , apart from his murderer , but at the moment I am more interested in what you can tell me about him — the sort of man he was — and about his friends and his enemies as far as you can .
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