Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] as far as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile government forces had consolidated their positions deep inside UNITA territory near Mavinga , a strategic UNITA base , which the government claimed to have captured in February following heavy fighting , and sought to penetrate as far as the rebel headquarters at Jamba . |
| 2 | By ten I 'd crawled as far as the door . |
| 3 | I 'd got as far as the top step on that flight when the phone went again . |
| 4 | Severus managed to get as far as the Montrose region and perhaps briefly beyond that : tantalizingly , in 1869 labourers on the Duke of Sutherland 's railway extension to Helmsdale and ultimately to Thurso in distant Caithness unearthed a collection of Roman bronze coins in a region never held and supposedly never reached by imperial forces . |
| 5 | Edgar managed to get as far as the door . |
| 6 | Because of my injury I did get as far as the Spanish Steps and the shops in Rome , but that was the extent of my sightseeing . |
| 7 | The barge-owners had to go as far as the brewery wharf across Maurice 's foredeck and over a series of gangplanks which connected them with their own boats . |
| 8 | The mood immediately sank back into deep depression , especially in the light of the Soviet summer offensive , which had pushed as far as the Vistula , and , in August , the accelerating advance of the western allies through France . |
| 9 | As we watched , the fog , which had crept as far as the house , began to flow round it . |
| 10 | After praying together , Duff had got as far as the door , when the old man whispered his name . |
| 11 | He had got as far as the packaging and labelling them at his premises prior to taking them to the ship . |
| 12 | She asked whether he had gone as far as the well-pit and the El-ahrairah of Laburnum . |
| 13 | The scaffolding had been cleared away and the plastering had progressed as far as the season would allow . |
| 14 | When Edmund had left her she had wandered as far as the orchard , and had just pushed aside the crooked wicker gate to re-enter the garden when she heard the latch of the heavier postern rattle . |
| 15 | Perhaps he was looking for a drink by the time he had climbed as far as the Piazza where three renaissance palaces , a town hall and cathedral confront each other across an open space of such lively dignity and harmony as to make the lack of tourist cafes completely forgivable . |
| 16 | In Classical antiquity there were connections between Europe and India even before the conquests of Alexander had extended as far as the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent . |
| 17 | Australia and New Zealand even wanted to go as far as the international operation of aircraft on trunk routes . |
| 18 | By the time we worked it loose and got aboard again , Dennis 's initial fit had passed , but he was still adamant that he wanted to get as far as the Thames . |