Example sentences of "[pron] go [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , this is wrong , he reminded himself fiercely , when all she needs is mild affection and the ability to trust , and if I go too far it will only be to betray her again — or so she will think . |
| 2 | Even so , if you consider the pressures contingent on me that night , you may not think I delude myself unduly if I go so far as to suggest that I did perhaps display , in the face of everything , at least in some modest degree a ‘ dignity ’ worthy of someone like Mr Marshall — or come to that , my father . |
| 3 | I went as far as the Galilee Gate , I turned and came back to my church . |
| 4 | And in so doing , we must , of course , be aware of the risk of setting a standard which goes so far that it would mean that others — for example , the senile or the mentally handicapped , whom we would wish to treat if they were ill — were also included by it . |
| 5 | What I maintain is that there are certainly moments , like the Rococo , which go very far in general preference for certain forms , such as lightness , grace and playfulness . |
| 6 | You would not think so after reading the paper by Deborah Tannen , of Georgetown University , whose study of repetition in conversation in Language for 1987 she goes so far as to subtitle ‘ towards a poetic of talk ’ . |
| 7 | And are you now going to take that any further or are you going as far as the government wants you to go as this stage ? |
| 8 | She asked tentatively now , ‘ Has she gone very far ? ’ |
| 9 | Had she gone too far ? |
| 10 | ROS : Would you go so far ? |
| 11 | Wou would you go that far ? |
| 12 | Your honour knows you went too far for a master to a servant or even to his equal and I can not bear it . |
| 13 | Did you decide that you went too far ? |
| 14 | This time you went too far . |
| 15 | Yeah , so you 'd anticipate some coming in on the A fifty nine , if you went that far north , |
| 16 | Now he 'll be remembered as the hunt marshall who went too far … caught on video … as he delibrately pushed a protester into the path of a hunt vehicle . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | You go so far . |
| 19 | you go so far . |
| 20 | I suppose it 's all East if you go that far West . |
| 21 | Well as John said wet and windy everywhere unless you go very far north but those people up at Ayr it 's gon na be cold so you ca n't have everything . |
| 22 | ‘ You go too far . |
| 23 | You go too far , Ling . ’ |
| 24 | But I do not believe that one goes as far as going to the figure that the County Council is proposing . |
| 25 | In Gloucester in 1831 all three candidates adopted an antislavery stance as a result of being questioned , one going so far as to have ‘ cards in his constituent hats with ‘ No Slavery ’ printed up on them ’ . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I 've got a shattered arm as well which means that I can really use only one arm , but I have to keep the muscles in the other one going as far as I can . ’ |
| 28 | But no one went as far as the teacher quoted by Len Masterman . |
| 29 | One went so far as to describe her life as ‘ tragic ’ . |
| 30 | But must we go so far as to say that the USSR will not resort to force unless she is certain to get away with it ? |