Example sentences of "[vb pp] as far as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hoomey took off as usual , holding his nose , and came up with a shriek that probably carried as far as the bridge party two streets away . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | As we watched , the fog , which had crept as far as the house , began to flow round it . |
| 4 | But when I saw it tonight I had just struggled as far as the road . |
| 5 | By ten I 'd crawled as far as the door . |
| 6 | as colleagues who are involved will know is just about the only industry in the building materials sector that has n't made some kind of pay offer in this current round it 's very much bringing up the rear and we 're determined to use what industrial strength we have to change the employer 's stance otherwise we 're very concerned that the national negotiation missionary , this will be his death knell since we 'll have to resort to local pay bargaining , so the short answer is E C C er , will be balloted as far as the G M B is concerned union and , er , T & G are balloting in for industrial action to try to change the employers ' position . |
| 7 | Some of that deal has been produced as far as the Tornado 's concerned , but again you 're quite right we 're waiting for the announcement of the er orders for the trains . |
| 8 | Having got as far as the inverted stage , the easiest answer is to pull the stick back and perform a ha If loop to recover ( again , that 's why you needed lots of height ) . |
| 9 | After praying together , Duff had got as far as the door , when the old man whispered his name . |
| 10 | Negotiations were conducted in great secrecy when the manuscripts had already got as far as the freeport in Zurich and were being examined by two well backed dealers and by representatives of the Getty Museum . |
| 11 | The next day I was walking to work and I 'd just got as far as the hospital . |
| 12 | The otter was the only strictly European species to make it into the overall ‘ Top 10 ’ , though badger , fox and hedgehog all got as far as the top 20 . |
| 13 | He had got as far as the packaging and labelling them at his premises prior to taking them to the ship . |
| 14 | But we can not be certain that Gould even got as far as the river at all . |
| 15 | I 'd got as far as the top step on that flight when the phone went again . |
| 16 | erm well it does n't necessary apply that the agent is suing the name , the question is whether , what any right the agent has got , er the fact of the matter is as I understand it and tell me if I 'm wrong , that your client has erm received a demand under clause nine er , er which he has failed to comply , I think that must follow because er if he had complied with it , then that would never of got as far as the central fund |
| 17 | I have n't actually been in to , I 've only ever got as far as the . |
| 18 | The voices have been heard as far as the race track or right at the other end of the town , depending on which way the wind is blowing . |
| 19 | Combined with the federal structure of Germany this means that services are de-centralized as far as the political and administrative levels of national state ( Bundesstaat ) , federal state ( Land ) , district ( Kreis ) and local authority are concerned and additionally dispersed over an almost indescribable multiplicity of semi- and non-statutory organizations . |
| 20 | She asked whether he had gone as far as the well-pit and the El-ahrairah of Laburnum . |
| 21 | I have n't been involved as far as the self-appraisal is concerned . |
| 22 | The scaffolding had been cleared away and the plastering had progressed as far as the season would allow . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The most likely outcome is to sell players until the club are doomed as far as the Premier League are concerned — but , for the long-term , he will put in more money to keep the name alive . |
| 25 | Once scheduled to run on DEC 's MIPS machines , then on its MIPS and Alpha machines , OSF/1 has now been scrapped as far as the MIPS boxes go and declared Alpha-only meat . |
| 26 | Cars may be taken as far as the Hall and , with permission , parked there , a concession especially appreciated when returning . |
| 27 | In the UK the CAA , too , had been fully involved in every stage of the investigation , and so it was that all the necessary corrective measures were taken as far as the Boeing 707/300–400 series was concerned and the respective airworthiness authorities were fully informed . |
| 28 | The CDU would not let economic planning be taken as far as the SPD favoured , farmers protested against cuts in agricultural subsidies and defence cuts could not go far because of fears of weakening NATO . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |