Example sentences of "[to-vb] as far as the " 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 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 .
10 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 .
11 ‘ We 'd have been lucky to get as far as the Treshnish Isles , ’ said Ann .
12 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 .
13 Edgar managed to get as far as the door .
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