Example sentences of "had [verb] as far [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | As we watched , the fog , which had crept as far as the house , began to flow round it . |
4 | After praying together , Duff had got as far as the door , when the old man whispered his name . |
5 | He had got as far as the packaging and labelling them at his premises prior to taking them to the ship . |
6 | Passing lamp-lit windows through which they could see sleeping Japanese soldiers and men talking in small groups , they had gone as far as a machine-gun post among the buildings — probably part of the anti-aircraft defences-when a Japanese soldier came up . |
7 | She asked whether he had gone as far as the well-pit and the El-ahrairah of Laburnum . |
8 | The scaffolding had been cleared away and the plastering had progressed as far as the season would allow . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |