Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [adv] far [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take a line from the longer axis of the Southern Cross and extend it as far as Achernar ; the south pole lies about midway along it . |
| 2 | Orphaned at a very early age , he is brought up ‘ by hand ’ by his shrewish sister , Mrs Joe , the wife of the village blacksmith , Joe Gargery , who loves him and protects him as far as possible from his sister 's tyranny . |
| 3 | He had told her the story , and reassured her as far as he was able . |
| 4 | The roofs were most often not their own : long since , the community had drawn in from its perimeter , sharing its water , its food and its warmth , and distancing itself so far as might be from the walls and the thud of the cannon . |
| 5 | He made no attempt to detain her , but walked with her down the dark drive and took her as far as her own front door . |
| 6 | He dived away at the double and took himself as far as his long legs would carry him . |
| 7 | He would thrust and persuade it as far as he could towards an ending . |
| 8 | But anything I do , I 'll have a bloody good go at it and take it as far as I can . |