Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] far as the " in BNC.

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1 By ten I 'd crawled as far as the door .
2 I 'd got as far as the top step on that flight when the phone went again .
3 Indeed , even without having to go so far as the Commission of the European Communities did at the hearing in arguing that registration itself already constitutes a form of establishment , it must be observed that in any event registration is a precondition for taking up and pursuing activities in the fisheries sector .
4 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 ) .
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 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 .
7 As we watched , the fog , which had crept as far as the house , began to flow round it .
8 After praying together , Duff had got as far as the door , when the old man whispered his name .
9 He had got as far as the packaging and labelling them at his premises prior to taking them to the ship .
10 She asked whether he had gone as far as the well-pit and the El-ahrairah of Laburnum .
11 The scaffolding had been cleared away and the plastering had progressed as far as the season would allow .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
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