Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] [adv] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I failed to qualify : Ade Mafe just made it , but only got as far as the semi-final . |
| 2 | ‘ I was only venturing as far as the bathroom , ’ she said with dignity . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The party could only go as far as the unions would allow and their influence was apparent at all levels . |
| 6 | And you could only go as far as the money would go , could n't you ? |
| 7 | Could only get as far as the kitchen . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Despite episcopal censures , the practice continued for a surprisingly long time ; measures were taken to stop Irish clergy so cohabiting as late as the sixth century . |
| 10 | Just got as far as the door . |
| 11 | But when I saw it tonight I had just struggled as far as the road . |
| 12 | Negotiations were conducted in great secrecy when the manuscripts had already got as far as the freeport in Zurich and were being examined by two well backed dealers and by representatives of the Getty Museum . |
| 13 | The next day I was walking to work and I 'd just got as far as the hospital . |
| 14 | Look , if you do n't mind a bit of running you could just come as far as the Tube with me and we could continue this conversation on the way . |
| 15 | I have n't actually been in to , I 've only ever got as far as the . |
| 16 | The continuity of settlement pattern is more apparent in the upland North and West , where villages are less common , but here the colonization of the remoter areas , such as Cumbria , was still proceeding as late as the eighteenth century . |
| 17 | This was in itself , however , of little significance in an atmosphere impregnated with tension , and anxiety that the western offensive could not conceivably go as smoothly as the Polish and Scandinavian campaigns . |
| 18 | Whether we in this country could ever get as far as the Americans have done , remains to be seen . |
| 19 | Hoomey took off as usual , holding his nose , and came up with a shriek that probably carried as far as the bridge party two streets away . |
| 20 | These attain elevations in excess of 3000m and much of this uplift has probably occurred as recently as the Late Quaternary . |
| 21 | Where a listed company promotes an on-market " buy-in " of its shares , where the shareholders usually sell to an intermediary and the intermediary sells back to the company , the capital gains tax rules , rather than the ACT/distribution regime , will also apply as far as the vendor shareholders are concerned . |
| 22 | erm we really got as far as the neutrons and the protons . |
| 23 | That 's all that really matters as far as the law is concerned . |
| 24 | He boldly stepped forward yesterday as the princess toured an East London housing estate , and inquired : ‘ Can I kiss your hand ? ’ |
| 25 | Jacques Boussard , the leading French historian of the Angevin Empire , felt confident enough to write that Henry 's authority now extended as far as the Mediterranean ! |
| 26 | I could not even see as far as the mouth of the burn . |
| 27 | But we can not be certain that Gould even got as far as the river at all . |
| 28 | In previous chapters we have seen how the ancient manor of Combsburgh had been partially enclosed as early as the fourteenth century , especially in the areas close to the market town , and how the bulk of the field structure had been established by the late sixteenth century . |
| 29 | Indeed it does , and it seems the job can not be left to the mere television reviewer either , for criticism soon leaked from the cultural pages to the overtly political ones , even reaching as far as the editorial sections of some newspapers . |
| 30 | I could n't even walk as fast as the kids , and standing for more than five minutes was impossible . |