Example sentences of "they [modal v] [vb infin] [adv] far [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's almost beyond belief that they should go as far as to kill three of our own men . ’ |
| 2 | Good sense says that they should go as far as they can but return from time to time to those parts of the plan which have not at first been realized . |
| 3 | The final text substitutes waistcoat for frock-coat — ‘ I do n't think they 'll get as far as taking my waistcoat off ’ — even better for the pampered softy with his vein of oldwomanish guile . |
| 4 | All right , you might find everything that crawls in the yard an' they might get as far as downstairs here and there , but not up here . |
| 5 | Initially they could get as far as point A , then only as far as point B , and then only as far as point C. Thus the circle of safety tends to diminish gradually . |