Example sentences of "only [verb] [adv] far [conj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We both only got as far as Harwich . ’ |
| 2 | Walter claims to have journeyed as a student to Nepal ( 'did n't everyone ? ' ) for purification , but Vivien reminds him that he only got as far as Ostend . |
| 3 | He set off with rucksack and typewriter on a round-the-world trip , but only got as far as New Orleans , where , ever the hopeless romantic , he fell in love with a girl he met on a park bench . |
| 4 | I left early before the nuns were awake but I only got as far as Glasgow before I lost my way . ’ |
| 5 | REBEL sea captain Jack Lammiman set sail from Whitby on his greatest journey yet to America but only got as far as Scarborough . |
| 6 | ‘ You know , Dorothy , you and I have one thing in common , ’ I remember saying to myself in a Dutch accent , ‘ we both only got as far as Harwich . ’ |
| 7 | The railway only went as far as Achnasheen in 1876 . |
| 8 | The Hungarians and Belgians broke away from the Italians and the two British crews dropped back and were being closely tailed by Folkesson/Skoldbek at Chertsey although the Swedish crew were only to get as far as Shepperton before blowing up . |
| 9 | We have just been advised that the study of the proposed L.R.T. system has now been completed , and that this has resulted in a proposal that the L.R.T. lines will only extend as far as Dundonald . |