Example sentences of "[vb past] as far as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | There is even evidence to suggest that elephants existed as far as the Upper Euphrates basin as late as the first millennium B.C. Syrian ivory contributed to the supplies available to New Kingdom Egypt and at the same time provided the material for the flourishing school of ivory workers based on Tyre , the products of which enriched the civilizations of the east Mediterranean and Assyria . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She walked as far as the cafeteria on her ward — they told her to — and walking was a strange bouncing glide . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He walked as far as the beaches and along the deserted sea front . |
| 10 | I never got as far as the wedding , Mum , but it was unlucky , was n't it ? ’ |
| 11 | I failed to qualify : Ade Mafe just made it , but only got as far as the semi-final . |
| 12 | The only thing that was quite extraordinary was what I found when I got as far as the back premises . |
| 13 | He got as far as the lawn , just out there , and then he stopped and stood , seemingly just staring at the house . |
| 14 | Last year , there were protracted negotiations for Tucson , Arizona-based direct rival Artisoft Inc to take over Performance , which got as far as the two signing a letter of intent to that effect . |
| 15 | Back at the head of Varanger Fiord , we turned off north on what we hoped was the road to Fuglafjell and got as far as the fishing village of Syltefiord . |
| 16 | I finished equal fifth and , although I got as far as the final qualifying round for the Open and won through two rounds of the Amateur Championship , that was to be my best result for the year . |
| 17 | I was going towards the North Stand and got as far as the All-Blacks ' 10-yard line . |
| 18 | When I got as far as the door I dragged myself upright again , turned the handle , and lurched in . |
| 19 | I never got as far as the meat inspector , actually … just saw one of the slaughtermen " |
| 20 | To begin with she heard nothing to justify her fright , and got as far as the staircase between floors before the lift began to hum . |
| 21 | She got as far as the bathroom and was half undressed when the doorbell rang , making her start . |
| 22 | She got as far as the other side of the wide bed before being dragged back and pinned beneath fitzAlan 's forceful weight for the second time that night . |
| 23 | ‘ Ever since my father got as far as the fourth fence when leading the field on Zimulator in L'Escargot 's year in 1975 , I have wanted to do well in the race , ’ he told me . |
| 24 | Ruth got as far as the doorway and stopped dead . |
| 25 | Just got as far as the door . |
| 26 | erm we really got as far as the neutrons and the protons . |
| 27 | When they launched themselves into the dusk they seemed to fill the sky to the north for long minutes , and their cries reached as far as the village . |
| 28 | 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 ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | But no one went as far as the teacher quoted by Len Masterman . |