Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] as [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What heartened as well as chastened me about the letter was his wish to see more of my writing . |
| 2 | Even in her dazed and painful state his imperious , if not to say imperial manner amused as well as annoyed her . |
| 3 | He even went so far as to say he missed her and Pilade , and would be glad to be home . |
| 4 | TODAY has been told the letter went so far as to claim she had betrayed her husband , her sons and , above all , the Queen . |
| 5 | Lydia even went so far as to bathe it in vinegar at Betty 's behest . |
| 6 | For various reasons the main one of which was a lack of understanding of our problems , our local administration were often unsympathetic and went so far as to accuse us of non co-operation at times , especially in the matter of rest days . |
| 7 | Archbishop Fisher went so far as to tell him that he was a possible future Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 8 | His left hand , bent with arthritis , curved over a stick on which he leant so heavily as to give him the appearance of physical deformity . |
| 9 | Typically , teen magazines like Smash Hits , were soon on the case and presented them as a ‘ new ’ band , although none went as far as dubbing them the customary , overnight success . |
| 10 | Indeed , one correspondent went as far as to call it the ‘ sexiest ’ although that must be debatable . |
| 11 | Uncle Joe subjected me to the same torture and humiliation every time we were alone together — although , thankfully , he never actually went as far as raping me . |