Example sentences of "[to-vb] as far as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian and Vicki decide to explore as far as the next hill , leaving Barbara and the Doctor behind to sunbathe . |
| 2 | In retrospect , was leaving Lotus alone the wrong thing to do as far as the Elan was concerned ? |
| 3 | Australia and New Zealand even wanted to go as far as the international operation of aircraft on trunk routes . |
| 4 | Our aim was to go as far as the Wellenkuppe ( 3,903 metres ) , a beautiful mountain in its own right . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She could n't help thinking that Cara , who had been known to take the car to go as far as the corner shop to pick up a bottle of milk , would have folded long before this . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Ferdinando was already on his horse , which he was to ride as far as the station . |
| 9 | An interesting sidelight on battlefront conditions came from his remarks that the Peshmerga brought in for attention mainly tended to be suffering from wounds to their limbs from weapons such as Kalashnikovs , since those who sustained head or body injuries generally failed to get as far as a field hospital . |
| 10 | I have been confined almost a year by the dislocation of one of the ankle-bones of my leg , so have not been able to get as far as the Society House , but have enclosed the shilling you was so kind as to pay for a letter from Monsieur du Hamel . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ We 'd have been lucky to get as far as the Treshnish Isles , ’ said Ann . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Edgar managed to get as far as the door . |