Example sentences of "[pers pn] as far as [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If you did , the police would get involved , and that 's the last thin– anyone wants 'cause the pimps terrify you as far as the police are concerned .
2 And this was one of them as far as the demon was concerned ) .
3 Perhaps you 'll accompany me as far as the Rope Walk ? ’
4 AB : Well it was always fairly straightforward for me as far as the repertoire goes .
5 He pushed me as far as the trees and I seized a trailing branch .
6 He made good speed down to the river , and then there was a path to aid him as far as the mill .
7 His momentum carried him as far as the launcher and with out-thrust foot he sent it keeling over on to its side .
8 I watched him as far as the corner of the curator 's garden , and saw him turn in alongside the hedge .
9 The two Longner men who rode one on either side their borrowed minstrel brought him as far as the gatehouse , waiting in silence as he dismounted .
10 That night the Wordsworths walked back with him as far as the miner 's house , a short distance from the beech tree above Woodlands Farm where they often parted .
11 All the same John insisted on coming with her as far as the ticket barrier , and stood holding her hand while she attempted to say good-bye .
12 The absurd thoughts had got her as far as the foot of that horrible stairway , then she had felt the level floor of another passage beneath her feet .
13 Isabel 's shaking legs got her as far as the bench before she collapsed .
14 Jackie limped with her as far as the crossroads .
15 The moors stretched before her as far as the eye could see , in fold after fold of snow-covered dunes .
16 When it was time for Rosie to leave , Ruth walked with her as far as the corner of the street .
17 He could hit it as far as a 3-wood — and it won him the 1973 Open .
18 The rule has been stated often enough , because plaintiffs willing to " try it on " sometimes try it as far as the Court of Appeal .
19 They fully considered that there was merit , great merit , in running it as far as the Council was concerned .
20 Gravellier made it as far as the door .
21 Barton was the only one of the three to make it as far as the quarters , but he still had to come through another two heats to overhaul Hardman 's tally of points .
22 I suppose she just hoped that news of her disappearance had n't made it as far as the Glasgow papers . ’
23 They were successful in taking it as far as the stairs , but when they tried to bring it down it slipped , nearly killing one of them .
24 It 's kind of late now and I 'm in no condition to drive so when I get the 205 I only take it as far as the outskirts of Inverness where I stop at the first lit Bed and Breakfast sign I see and talk politely and slowly to the pleasant middle-aged couple from Glasgow who run the place and then say goodnight , close the door of my room and fall fast asleep on the bed without even taking off my jacket .
25 They drove us as far as the mud roads would allow in the royal land-rover , and down to the bay where a pearl-oyster hatchery was being tried for the first time ; and at night there were more festivities , and endless delectable maidens vying for our attentions …
26 ‘ He owns everything in front of us as far as the eye can see . ’
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