Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 31 | Even my wharped mind had only got as far as thinking . |
| 32 | REBEL sea captain Jack Lammiman set sail from Whitby on his greatest journey yet to America but only got as far as Scarborough . |
| 33 | He wondered if Slater intended to walk the whole way with him , or whether he was only going as far as the Air Gallery , now only just across the street , where he sometimes went in the afternoons . |
| 34 | The otter was the only strictly European species to make it into the overall ‘ Top 10 ’ , though badger , fox and hedgehog all got as far as the top 20 . |
| 35 | If the model only gets as far as being on its side and then starts to fall , apply opposite lateral cyclic to roll out and back stick to recover . |
| 36 | I said ooh cos I said when I come here we 're always so busy I said I only get as far as er er the kitchen do n't I ? |
| 37 | The last time I travelled from Wick to Dingwall was when the railway only reached as far north as Golspie ; the other portion of the road was an overnight stage-coach journey ; and to accommodate some ladies I took a seat on the top : it was a clear cold night , and the air was keen indeed . |
| 38 | The railway only went as far as Achnasheen in 1876 . |
| 39 | Our sense of adventure only went so far and we relied on them to make the decisions . |
| 40 | ‘ Gentrification ’ only went so far in most of the Sussex towns . |
| 41 | But this ‘ feminization ’ only went so far : ‘ Still only boys for singers ? |
| 42 | We sampled the delights of hymns old and new , in alphabetical order , only reaching as far as J , for Jesus . |
| 43 | The party could only go as far as the unions would allow and their influence was apparent at all levels . |
| 44 | ‘ We will only go as far as suggesting some of the market leaders like Sage and Pegasus , then we let the customers decide ’ . |
| 45 | Teddy refuses to be drawn on his early life and will only go as far back as the Biggin Hill Air Fair of June this year when Anita and Bob Armstrong ‘ adopted ’ him . |
| 46 | Some of the migrants may only go as far as southern Europe . |
| 47 | And you could only go as far as the money would go , could n't you ? |
| 48 | Grammar , as I pointed out in the preceding chapter , can only go so far . |
| 49 | Sanitary legislation could only go so far in monitoring personal health ; what was vital was a popular campaign stressing the individual 's own responsibility to observe the rules of health . |
| 50 | Well there 's the gate , he can only go so far with the gate anyway , so it wo n't really matter yeah yeah you ought to see all the pegs at the back of me fridge |
| 51 | We can only go so far as union negotiators . |
| 52 | Could only get as far as the kitchen . |
| 53 | The luxury she had only glimpsed so far was all a far cry from the fading Victorian splendour of St Margaret 's with its peeling paintwork and under-staffed , overworked departments . |
| 54 | Floristry comes cheaper , and I knew Gran 's money would only stretch so far . ’ |
| 55 | Most bills never re-emerge from committee ; those that do may be altered beyond recognition , and during floor debate , on those lucky enough to get that far , changes are not usually made that go against the wishes of the relevant committee . |
| 56 | The Hungarians and Belgians broke away from the Italians and the two British crews dropped back and were being closely tailed by Folkesson/Skoldbek at Chertsey although the Swedish crew were only to get as far as Shepperton before blowing up . |
| 57 | A groove 7 isolates the laser section from the FET section of the vapor and need only extend as far as layer 5 . |
| 58 | We have just been advised that the study of the proposed L.R.T. system has now been completed , and that this has resulted in a proposal that the L.R.T. lines will only extend as far as Dundonald . |
| 59 | Although the reach of the top horn only extends as far as the 14th fret ( which could spell balance problems given such a long neck ) the body does have a pronounced lower bout , with the face-mounted bridge situated quite well back ; this relocated mass helps to preclude potential neck-heaviness . |
| 60 | Cash 's liberalism only extends so far — he has always stood for old-fashioned values like God , country and being handy in a knife fight . |