Example sentences of "went as [adv] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Integrity , combined with wariness , pride , and the kind of stoic endurance that accompanied an understanding of suffering , a loss of innocence that went as deep as the soul . |
| 2 | His face went as hard as the bronze , it resembled and his eyes said things I pretended not to hear . |
| 3 | With some exceptions , the gentry and clergy readily accepted the Restoration in 1660 ; few went as far as the Reverend Dr William Oughtred who , at the age of 86 , ‘ died of excess of joy when he heard of the restoration of the monarchy ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ They went as far as the railway crossin' on the other side of the tunnel , talked to the man on duty at the halt there , then turned back . |
| 5 | But no one went as far as the teacher quoted by Len Masterman . |
| 6 | I went as far as the Galilee Gate , I turned and came back to my church . |
| 7 | Nomes sometimes went as far as the airport . |