Example sentences of "[adv] only [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he told the story , probably with some exaggeration , Evelyn is supposed quite often to have gone out , perhaps only as far as his aunt 's house nearby to borrow some sugar , and to have failed to return . |
| 2 | The whole episode was built around the book and before very long , and not for the first time , the fascist implications were there again , not only as far as Alf was concerned but , by implication , involving me too . |
| 3 | The Evangelical party will perhaps continue to exalt their hero as partially as parties always do — but the members of it will act thus only so far as they are possessed by party spirit , rather than by the pure spirit of the doctrines which they hold in common with their so-called Catholic opponents , whom adversaries style popish . |
| 4 | The sheet was pulled up only as far as his hip , so that backs of her fingers touched his bare back , warm and still slightly damp . |
| 5 | Whilst most modern witch covens can be traced back only as far as the revival stimulated by Gerald Gardner and the repeal of the Witchcraft Acts in the 1950s , there still exist traditional covens which date back much further . |
| 6 | Initially they could get as far as point A , then only as far as point B , and then only as far as point C. Thus the circle of safety tends to diminish gradually . |
| 7 | Initially they could get as far as point A , then only as far as point B , and then only as far as point C. Thus the circle of safety tends to diminish gradually . |