Example sentences of "[verb] as far as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that matters as far as the law is concerned is , did you buy the goods from a shop ? |
| 2 | That 's all that really matters as far as the law is concerned . |
| 3 | Hoomey took off as usual , holding his nose , and came up with a shriek that probably carried as far as the bridge party two streets away . |
| 4 | Ships were carved from the blighted forests with supernatural speed , and raiders moved as far as the Isle of the Dead before being turned back by the warding spells . |
| 5 | As we watched , the fog , which had crept as far as the house , began to flow round it . |
| 6 | But when I saw it tonight I had just struggled as far as the road . |
| 7 | By ten I 'd crawled as far as the door . |
| 8 | ‘ I was only venturing as far as the bathroom , ’ she said with dignity . |
| 9 | Some of that deal has been produced as far as the Tornado 's concerned , but again you 're quite right we 're waiting for the announcement of the er orders for the trains . |
| 10 | ‘ In the day , ’ said Barbara Coleman , ‘ I can see as far as the Esterel … |
| 11 | I could not even see as far as the mouth of the burn . |
| 12 | And are you now going to take that any further or are you going as far as the government wants you to go as this stage ? |
| 13 | He wondered if Slater intended to walk the whole way with him , or whether he was only going as far as the Air Gallery , now only just across the street , where he sometimes went in the afternoons . |
| 14 | Her husband , Jack , used to sell fruit and vegetables from a horse and cart , going as far as the top of Baldersdale to find custom He was well known to all the elder members of the Hauxwell family , including Hannah 's mother and father . |
| 15 | And you instead of taking the instead of going as far as the traffic lights to come to us , you take the exit before that which is |
| 16 | Negotiations were conducted in great secrecy when the manuscripts had already got as far as the freeport in Zurich and were being examined by two well backed dealers and by representatives of the Getty Museum . |
| 17 | After praying together , Duff had got as far as the door , when the old man whispered his name . |
| 18 | But we can not be certain that Gould even got as far as the river at all . |
| 19 | He had got as far as the packaging and labelling them at his premises prior to taking them to the ship . |
| 20 | The next day I was walking to work and I 'd just got as far as the hospital . |
| 21 | Ya'kub , known as Ecezade , who taught as far as the Iznik medrese , then became a kasabat kadi , eventually serving in Trabzon , from which , after the accession of Selim I ( 918/1512 ) , he became kadi in Selanik and then in Bursa , dying while in retirement from that post in 924/1518 . |
| 22 | I , I shall be seeing the you know in a few weeks time the daughter she 's a , she 's er Rene that was erm Eddie , who were very big pals of mine and we go to the anniversary lunch together so we 're all over eighty but erm you could n't the bread shop , was another confectioner 's shop , and then turning round the corner you come to another shop , up two steps , which was and that was another type of confectionery and shop , then you get as far as the corn and seed people er they used to have a shop in Street as well , and then before the First World War there was the butchers and they sold foreign meat . |
| 23 | Neither is it that tonics are not requested ; large numbers of people get as far as the doctor 's surgery to complain of tiredness , lethargy and mild depression , and even larger numbers go straight to the chemist . |
| 24 | She walked as far as the cafeteria on her ward — they told her to — and walking was a strange bouncing glide . |
| 25 | Meanwhile her friend walked as far as the bike , then rode it to the point where he met Lorna , who then rode further while he walked … and so on . |
| 26 | Lydia opened the door to let out the cigarette smoke and walked as far as the stream , wondering why the blazes Betty was behaving in so singular a fashion . |
| 27 | I walked as far as the castle , where the tram tracks jut out towards the far bank of the Daugava River to show where the bridge was torn away from under them . |
| 28 | He walked as far as the cart , took a packet of cigarettes from his jacket that was hanging on the tailgate and stood , sullenly smoking . |
| 29 | Several people mentioned that getting as far as the interview was the main problem . |
| 30 | In the Midlands it is the tree one sees most often : and for a brief spell in early sum-mer it is the most beautiful of all the Midland trees , with its continuous miles of white may blossom glimmering as far as the eye can see . |