Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] as [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Archbishop Fisher went so far as to tell him that he was a possible future Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 2 | His left hand , bent with arthritis , curved over a stick on which he leant so heavily as to give him the appearance of physical deformity . |
| 3 | Louise had gone so far as to allow him access to her papers and portfolio : he and Simon Scher were working on them now . |
| 4 | It had once even gone so far as to empty him on to the floor for voicing an intolerant opinion on the Jesuits . |
| 5 | ‘ THE shareholders must be hoping the bank has n't gone as far as to give him a company credit card ’ — Labour leader John Smith , on ex-Chancellor Norman Lamont 's new employer , Rothschilds Bank . |