Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [verb] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rumours that he had granted peasants a chance of achieving their freedom spread far beyond the region to which his edict applied . |
| 2 | He was lying prone , his eyes shut , clad in that pair of briefs that made her eyes linger far too long on his bronzed legs and flat chest . |
| 3 | Their excited babble and their laughter carried far — the cacophony that ruined many a good hunt . |
| 4 | House officers also need to know what to do if their job falls far short of the recommended standards . |
| 5 | Subsequent popes would exercise their right to provide far more often and much more widely than John did , but never again would a king of England be quite so impotent in the choice of his bishops . |
| 6 | Their hearts sound far away . |
| 7 | In her Souvenirs intimes Caroline recalls her uncle 's return from Egypt when she was a small girl : he arrives home unexpectedly one evening , wakes her , picks her up out of bed , bursts out laughing because her nightdress extends far below her feet , and plants great kisses on her cheeks . |
| 8 | Though marginally better in quality than that provided for the black population , their education fell far short of that which was provided in privileged white schools . |
| 9 | He did not think that their ambitions extended far into Western Europe but he thought it had been a serious error to let the Russians take Berlin and establish themselves there . |
| 10 | The terms of the verbal agreement between the two men were to become the subject of lengthy , costly and bitter litigation , and to make the names of Baron of Buchlyvie and its owners known far outwith Ayrshire and the world of Clydesdales . |
| 11 | Visitors are able to experience the inside of a giant ‘ walk-in ’ electric motor , seen in a dramatic light and sound setting , along with displays showing how its development had far reaching effects on trams and tramways , spelling the death knell of both horse and steam traction . |
| 12 | There was a feverish glaze to Lucy 's blue eyes , and her forehead felt far too hot . |
| 13 | Their shadows stretched far ahead of them in the morning sun , and he leapt down on to the shadow of the leader . |
| 14 | But Republicans , too , were concerned that the Administration 's now legendary caution in foreign affairs , and its unwillingness to move far from the sentiments of the opinion polls , should have been cast aside in such a cause . |
| 15 | Their achievements go far beyond the locality and tonight they invite you to meet and hear Sally Meyer , Ellen Zaks , Celia Robertson , Antonia Lister-Kaye , Pam Wilkie , John Tomkins and Martin Ward . |
| 16 | Even a brief and superficial review of national soil and pasture conservation policies indicates that , with a few significant exceptions , their results fall far short of their intentions . |
| 17 | Because they saw no way out of the situation for themselves , they held to the belief that if their children had better opportunities , particularly education , it would enable their children to have far better working lives . |
| 18 | It had amused her all the way through the heavy traffic , but now her thoughts went far away , back with Felipe . |
| 19 | For a moment her thoughts seemed far away and by no means happy , but she quickly recovered and gave Melissa a captivating smile . |
| 20 | If she was n't , he slipped into her mind , the memory of her response to him both torment and humiliation , and dislodging him once he entered her thoughts proved far more difficult than keeping him out in the first place . |
| 21 | The pound came under pressure and fell steadily against the dollar and the deutschmark in the spring of 1989 ; in the autumn the dollar and the deutschmark in the spring of 1989 ; in the autumn , the slump in its value became far more alarming . |
| 22 | YESTERDAY was Rogation Sunday , the rituals of which are very old and its roots go far back into pre-Christian times . |
| 23 | Clearly they thought that Solomon in all his glory looked far better than anything which was likely to be found growing in a field . |
| 24 | Gus Hambro was sitting quite still , his brows drawn together in a tight and abstracted frown , and the focus of his eyes fixed far beyond the panelling of the dining-room . |
| 25 | She laughed him off , saying he was becoming obsessed with that MP and it had already been noticed that his column carried far too many stories about him . |
| 26 | But his duties extend far beyond just presiding over debates in the House of Commons , as Simon Mares reports from Westminster . |
| 27 | But his duties extend far beyond just presiding over debates in the House of Commons , as Simon Mares reports from Westminster . |
| 28 | His influence extended far beyond the ILO : between 1944 and 1973 he left his mark on the evolution of the system of international organizations as a whole . |
| 29 | But his fame stretches far beyond Sedbergh and the Moorcock Inn and tonight he 's donning his showman 's hat for fans at the Tyne Theatre Newcastle . |
| 30 | Her gentle requests for him to sit down met with only short term success but when she used this scolding method his behaviour became far worse . |