Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | If anything , she was relieved at the outcome –f that particular incident — Josie had been right when she 'd said that after going so far Lucy was now marking time and getting no further . |
| 2 | He should beware of presuming too far on the patience of the Prince of Gwynedd . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The footprints were about twenty metres from the body , and nobody thought of looking so far away , ’ Mortimer replied . |
| 4 | It took nearly a year of searching as far afield as Slough to find suitable premises for the nursery . |
| 5 | In one of the more dramatic examples of downsizing so far , Mead Corp 's big Mead Data Central Inc , operator of the world-famous public Lexis and Nexis databases , is replacing one of its IBM Corp mainframes used for administration with members of the Intel Corp iAPX-86-based Unix family from AT&T Co 's NCR Corp . |
| 6 | She felt as if she 'd uncovered a dark pit of long-buried feelings , and she was terrified of peering too far inside in case she could n't cope with the contents … |
| 7 | ‘ I was n't thinking of going as far as that . |
| 8 | And you instead of taking the instead of going as far as the traffic lights to come to us , you take the exit before that which is |
| 9 | But we must beware of going too far the other way . |
| 10 | I had nothing particular planned , merely an idea that it might be interesting to thrash our way out into the open ocean , though , mindful of the danger of tropical storms , I had no intention of going too far from the safe shelter of a Bahamian hurricane hole . |
| 11 | The danger of going too far was always present right from the start of the renewed intellectual ‘ blooming and contending ’ . |
| 12 | You 're in danger of going too far this week . |
| 13 | This was coupled to a policy of discouraging as far as possible even British imports into the colonies on the grounds that this would divert Britain 's exports from dollar to soft currency areas like the colonies , ’ and hence the accumulation of colonial sterling balances . |
| 14 | Stewart made the mistake of moving too far across his stumps and then trying to flick a straight ball to leg , while Hick went third ball after lunch to a sloppy drive at Kapil Dev and an edge to second slip . |
| 15 | Yeah , exactly cos there 's not a better way of doing as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 16 | In another version of this theme family law stands accused of having so far departed from principle and precedent as to be arbitrary , thereby losing its claim to guide conduct . |
| 17 | If we ca n't cross the Sea of Storms , a tenth of the distance , what chance have we of navigating that far ? ’ |
| 18 | Having stressed the importance of reducing as far as possible the number of permissible reasons for refusal , the authors refer to the cited ground , which they admit has no precedent in international agreements on judicial assistance . |
| 19 | He only had one tiny conviction for shoplifting so far , and felt sure that would n't be held against him . |
| 20 | They walked to the lock at Camden ; she did n't feel like walking very far . |
| 21 | This way you learn how to sail upwind , do n't have to worry about drifting too far downwind in the gybes and have plenty of water space in which to practise without sailors speeding past . |
| 22 | Although I take her on short trips to the shops , she ca n't cope with going too far from the house . |
| 23 | We admired the clever valve system , and the chordae tendineae which restrain each valve from opening too far : a tough little parachute harness preventing over-deployment of the canopy . |
| 24 | And his head was spinning from walking so far ; he walked everywhere , and though he stopped to eat every day when he was on one of these journeys of his he did not I expect eat especially properly . |
| 25 | On the other hand , it has already been shown that the tawny owl produces higher levels of modification than other species ( Raczynski & Ruprecht , 1974 ; Lowe , 1980 ) , so that caution is needed before generalizing too far on what owls do or do not do . |
| 26 | According to Marsh and his colleagues ( 1978 ) police intervention is often welcomed by the hooligans in so far as their presence provides a safety valve and prevents the aggro from going too far . |
| 27 | It is right that in the negotiations , which must remain confidential , they should seek to prevent us from going too far too soon . |
| 28 | His only mistake was in going too far . |
| 29 | Do you think there is not a danger in going too far too fast in developing these chemical compounds ? |
| 30 | There 's no point in going this far unless you have the family behind you . |