Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adv] far " in BNC.
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1 | ( 6 ) Dotted instead of full lines give another range of meaning if you want to sub-divide as far as that . |
2 | But there are times when the analogies get stretched so far that the brain starts to lose contact with the original image . |
3 | Ian and Vicki decide to explore as far as the next hill , leaving Barbara and the Doctor behind to sunbathe . |
4 | Since I ca n't dress the way I like , I try to go as far as I can whilst still making a feeble attempt at femininity . |
5 | We could only lock our vision onto those distant penguins and attempt to get that far . |
6 | Other firms risk going too far the other way , imposing a too-narrow management — sometimes from outside the profession — and so alienating partners . |
7 | For the surgery being considered here , often called ‘ conversion surgery ’ , involves one or more of several procedures which aim to transform as far as is possible the subject 's anatomy so that it approximates that of a member of the preferred sex . |
8 | On an early solo some pilots do get rather far from the field , which causes their instructors to become apprehensive for their safety . |
9 | But I do agree as far as my two friends are concerned . |
10 | On the list you see in appendix one , there are six there that are showing charges lower than ours , although I 'm not sure , one of the Dyfed , and I 'm not sure how they differentiate between normal and high , in terms of er , occupancy , I suspect it 's in line with our low dependency , high dependency definition in the private sector , and you 'll see in the report that we do say that far and away the majority of people coming into your own homes are in the high dependency category . |
11 | ‘ That 's the worst reason you 've given so far for marrying Mr Edgar , ’ I replied , shocked . |
12 | GUIL : ( Broken ) We 've travelled too far , and our momentum has taken over ; we move idly towards eternity , without possibility of reprieve or hope of explanation . |
13 | Probably the best song on ‘ Mighty Like A Rose ’ and definitely the best of the Costello collaborations with Paul McCartney that we 've heard so far . |
14 | I do n't think that 's strictly true but I do think that the discussion we 've heard so far er has fully justified erm the the raising of some fundamental questions about the the the the method of projections . |
15 | Just a very brief comment , perhaps summing up the and commenting on the various contributions that we 've heard so far . |
16 | Chairman all I 've heard so far is music to my ears er thank you . |
17 | The part of the course I 've enjoyed so far is n't the Face the Media stuff |
18 | ‘ Since we 've come so far , ’ he said , ‘ we may as well have another chat with Mrs Hatton . ’ |
19 | ‘ We 've come so far , we might as well go all the way . ’ |
20 | They 've come so far , they were giving daily displays at Crufts recently : they spend 16 weeks learning to recognise an alarm clock . |
21 | When we 've come this far , when we 've achieved all this , including our present conversation , we can take the rest in our stride . |
22 | I 'll have dried out a bit by the time I get to the cottage , and I do n't really want to go all the way back to the farm after I 've come this far . ’ |
23 | If you 've come this far you can be confident of reaching Day 28 . |
24 | ‘ We 've come this far — let's see it through . ’ |
25 | ROS : We 've come this far . |
26 | But I 've come this far , she thought . |
27 | ‘ We 've come too far not to finish it ourselves , ’ Masklin mumbled . |
28 | ‘ We 've come too far to just stop , have n't we ? ’ |
29 | ‘ I 've come too far from the ways of men to be able to go back now … but we must get away from that sea ! ’ |
30 | ‘ You 're different from the women I 've met so far , ’ said Ray . |