Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [adv] as [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1	However , even by the middle years of the nineteenth century an industrial city like Manchester had not expanded so far as to prevent its mill workers walking in the country on Sundays .
2	No , he had n't seen her for a week before that weekend ; he had missed her — this with a baleful glance towards the door — and had indeed got as far as ringing her up on the Saturday morning , hoping she would come up for Sunday , but had got no answer from her flat .
3	Even then , he had not got as far as thinking what would be the music that introduced the News and all at once the screen was filled with a picture of his own house , a picture that nearly jolted him out of his skin .
4	The highest rating was £100 a year , the next 100 marks , which was equated with ‘ other ’ landowners of £100 , the implication perhaps being that the latter had not yet got as far as quartering their arms .
5	A few minutes later , when she 'd got as far as wrapping herself in her host 's dressing-gown , Penry Vaughan knocked loudly on the door .
6	No , I must say that things have now gone so far as to justify me in feeling considerable uneasiness about his continued absence . ’
7	She would not have gone so far as to define it as softness .
8	Louise had gone so far as to allow him access to her papers and portfolio : he and Simon Scher were working on them now .
9	It had once even gone so far as to empty him on to the floor for voicing an intolerant opinion on the Jesuits .
10	‘ THE shareholders must be hoping the bank has n't gone as far as to give him a company credit card ’ — Labour leader John Smith , on ex-Chancellor Norman Lamont 's new employer , Rothschilds Bank .
11	Her head was now so bent that her dark hair had swung forwards so as to obscure her expression .
12	The bulb had obviously been hit hard so as to break its filament , to ensure no warning light came on .

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