Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] as [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I got as far as unpacking my summer wear … ! ! ’ |
| 2 | I thought I was quite a reasonable driver , I got as far as running at the front in World Sports Car Championships erm finished on the podium several times in International Formula Three erm |
| 3 | ‘ The other mums are always talking about what their children eat and most of them seem as just as confused as I am . ’ |
| 4 | Typically , teen magazines like Smash Hits , were soon on the case and presented them as a ‘ new ’ band , although none went as far as dubbing them the customary , overnight success . |
| 5 | And this morning we got as far as did n't we ? |
| 6 | But I do not believe that one goes as far as going to the figure that the County Council is proposing . |
| 7 | Some of the delayed motorists were distinctly lacking in respect , one going as far as to say that if he were going to get buried he 'd have a bit more consideration for other road users . |
| 8 | Not only do they tolerate the fast-food shops serving up nutriment that top breeders would n't recommend for Fido , they go as far as purchasing two expensive weeks in a gruesome timeshare apartment , and sit smoking all day on a balcony overlooking the A9 . |
| 9 | They went as far as offering to pay him a retainer on top of his rep salary for two years . |
| 10 | He got as far as lifting his head and getting one shoulder off the seat , but then collapsed back onto the leather , and let his eyes close . |
| 11 | He went as far as to say that the universities were not convinced of the value of this ‘ experiment ’ and that there were fundamental defects in the way it was being implemented . |
| 12 | After capture at Tobruk as a chaplain he listened as well as lectured and poured himself out as father , brother and friend , empathising with the religious difficulties of his fellow prisoners which gnawed away at the rigid Anglo-Catholicism of more sheltered days . |
| 13 | Did anyone get as far as buying a programme for the Villa game , or did n't they even go on sale ? |
| 14 | If the focus is that the school is a good place for all , that it gives as well as takes , then it can gain a great deal of positive publicity . |
| 15 | Even if people in this state are able to get themselves going as far as applying for jobs and are offered interviews , they fail to get them because the image they put across is one of a lackadaisical , flattened dullard — and who would want to employ someone who 's in that state ? |
| 16 | What heartened as well as chastened me about the letter was his wish to see more of my writing . |