Example sentences of "[vb pp] from [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have come from very far . |
| 2 | She must have come from very far … be tired and hungry … her shoes worn thin … sand and stones embedded in the soles of her feet . |
| 3 | Right at the end a glass pavilion had been built for concerts and parties , and Gran said people had come from as far away as Lancaster . |
| 4 | Sightings have been reported from as far as France and the Netherlands . |
| 5 | It was a marvellous site and , seen from so far away , the house did n't look a ruin . |
| 6 | Many came from within North America itself , but others concentrated from as far afield as South Africa , Australia and China . |
| 7 | As they ate , the students sat cross-legged on carpets brought from as far away as Shiraz , Damascus and the Yemen . |
| 8 | All Hallows cross-country teams entered the national cross country championships at Marple Hall School last month , when more than 40 schools were represented from as far afield as Newcastle and Coventry . |
| 9 | And Ive never seen a ball hit from that far out , rise in a straight line ( showing the power behind it ) . |
| 10 | Mystery schools descended from ancient Egypt cohabited amicably with Greek mystery schools , with Hellenistic philosophy , with religious teachings from Palestine and Syria , with skeins of Zoroastrian and Mithraic tradition , with sects and cults from every quarter of the Mediterranean , even with offshoots of Hinduism and Buddhism imported from as far away as India . |
| 11 | Entries were submitted from as far afield as Switzerland and the U.S.A. Roughly two thirds came from the U.K. |