Example sentences of "he had [vb pp] [adv] far as " in BNC.

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1 North once told Secord that he had gone so far as to mention to the President that the Ayatollah was helping the contras .
2 He felt he had gone as far as he could in the company and learned as much as he was likely to .
3 She asked whether he had gone as far as the well-pit and the El-ahrairah of Laburnum .
4 He had gone as far as he could go .
5 He had got as far as the packaging and labelling them at his premises prior to taking them to the ship .
6 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 .
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