Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh adv] far [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet when he set off on 20 September 1519 , with a royal mandate to search for a passage through to the Mar del Sur , and thus to determine for certain that the Spice Islands were within the Spanish domains , he had not the foggiest notion how far he might have to travel . |
| 2 | A pro knows within a few yards how far he can hit the ball with each club — unlike the club golfer who has a wide variation from day to day , and even from hole to hole . |
| 3 | I will be discussing with the Irish Hockey Union how far I would like to go — and then it will be a matter of reaching a compromise . |
| 4 | They still employed enough hired and expensive help to negotiate for them , but with instructions how far they could go . |
| 5 | I need to see this action as one step — even if we lose it will perhaps serve to show the nation how far it has fallen , that it no longer is concerned that such things happen in its midst . |
| 6 | As Mr Frohnmayer writes : ‘ Few , it seems , are willing to take on those who cloak themselves in the mantle of religion , no matter how far they stray from religious doctrine or behaviour . ’ |
| 7 | Yet no matter how far you progress with this , ultimately you will have serious problems with an opponent of equal skill but faster-acting muscles . |
| 8 | The earth curved up and around me wherever I went , as if I were at the bottom of a dish , and no matter how far I travelled I could get no nearer the rim — like a spaceman hurtling , as he thinks , towards the edge of the universe , only to find it unfolding before him and closing in behind , so that he is always at the centre . |
| 9 | Kausmann shows how far we have come from the 19th century , when a girl 's linen box , full of beautifully embroidered monogrammed sheets , was part of her dowry . |
| 10 | Have you any idea how far it went in ? ’ |
| 11 | As she descended the stairs , she appreciated for the first time how far she had fallen from grace . |