Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] far as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the twenty States listed in the Table , thirteen are parties to the more recent Hague Convention of 1965 which does not involve the abrogation of the earlier bilateral Conventions but has in practice superseded them so far as the United Kingdom is concerned . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And this was one of them as far as the demon was concerned ) . |
| 4 | AB : Well it was always fairly straightforward for me as far as the repertoire goes . |
| 5 | Perhaps you 'll accompany me as far as the Rope Walk ? ’ |
| 6 | He pushed me as far as the trees and I seized a trailing branch . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | His cajoling got him as far as the first landing , but then his legs all but gave out , and thereafter he had to climb using his one good arm to haul him onwards . |
| 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 | I watched him as far as the corner of the curator 's garden , and saw him turn in alongside the hedge . |
| 11 | His momentum carried him as far as the launcher and with out-thrust foot he sent it keeling over on to its side . |
| 12 | He made good speed down to the river , and then there was a path to aid him as far as the mill . |
| 13 | Jackie limped with her as far as the crossroads . |
| 14 | The moors stretched before her as far as the eye could see , in fold after fold of snow-covered dunes . |
| 15 | When it was time for Rosie to leave , Ruth walked with her as far as the corner of the street . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Isabel 's shaking legs got her as far as the bench before she collapsed . |
| 19 | Many people besides farmers have problems caused by this er tax that , whatever one thinks er about it so far as the system is concerned , really when you look at it more closely it 's the details that have been so badly thought out . |
| 20 | I suppose she just hoped that news of her disappearance had n't made it as far as the Glasgow papers . ’ |
| 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 | Gravellier made it as far as the door . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Sturt , who would have been able to take a much faster and direct route , only made it as far as the western approaches to the bend , and was so hard-pressed by lack of water that he had to bleed a horse to survive . |
| 26 | The rule has been stated often enough , because plaintiffs willing to " try it on " sometimes try it as far as the Court of Appeal . |
| 27 | They fully considered that there was merit , great merit , in running it as far as the Council was concerned . |
| 28 | ‘ He owns everything in front of us as far as the eye can see . ’ |
| 29 | 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 … |