Example sentences of "had [adv] [vb pp] as far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even my wharped mind had only got as far as thinking . |
| 2 | Negotiations were conducted in great secrecy when the manuscripts had already got as far as the freeport in Zurich and were being examined by two well backed dealers and by representatives of the Getty Museum . |
| 3 | Even then , he had not got as far as thinking what would be the music that introduced the News and all at once the screen was filled with a picture of his own house , a picture that nearly jolted him out of his skin . |
| 4 | They had not got as far as Bamburgh , being warned by scouts of an English reinforcement army from Newcastle on the march northwards , which could have caused complications . |
| 5 | That day , by way of the radio popolo the news of the rastrellamento spread like wildfire , but it had not spread as far as Eric 's farm . |
| 6 | But when I saw it tonight I had just struggled as far as the road . |
| 7 | We had n't gone as far as we would have liked , and it was touch and go until the very last moment , but we just squeezed past the point between Tanakeke island and the mainland . |
| 8 | They had n't got as far as stating any intention on that subject — for the simple reason that marriage had n't been part of the plan . |
| 9 | ‘ I had n't thought as far as that , ’ she said , quivering . |
| 10 | Potrovsky had waxed and polished the car the night before and had even gone as far as to iron the two pennants which flew on either side of the bonnet . |
| 11 | Once he had even got as far as adding ‘ before you … ’ and then tailed off into his private grumbles . |
| 12 | No , he had n't seen her for a week before that weekend ; he had missed her — this with a baleful glance towards the door — and had indeed got as far as ringing her up on the Saturday morning , hoping she would come up for Sunday , but had got no answer from her flat . |