Example sentences of "so far [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far they had been doing nothing more than ‘ just walking the dog , Guv ’ . |
| 2 | So far they had smashed sixteen windows , burnt nine desks , singed the hair of several pupils and set someone 's jacket alight . |
| 3 | Mary lived in Ormskirk , and so far they had been lucky there . |
| 4 | Yet so far they had not prayed ; Amanda Fergusson appeared still to be arguing with her father ; while the God she had taken to proclaiming did not sound the kind of God who would lightly forgive the Colonel 's obstinate sinning against the light . |
| 5 | So far they had n't applied for a search warrant to go over the boat , but Maurice did n't care if they did . |
| 6 | So far they had done precisely that , which made it all the more extraordinary that Julius should be here now , in her flat , actively seeking her out for the first time since he had overridden all his basic instincts and principles and strode out of her life ; away from the disastrous shambles of their marriage . |
| 7 | So far they had not ventured beyond the great boundary walls ; many times Ana came with them and this was allowed after Felipe noticed Maggie 's protective attitude to the girl and the gentle way that Mitch dealt with her . |
| 8 | I saw the evil light in his eyes and knew that so far they had only been playing with me : their real intent was to kill . |
| 9 | So far we had n't seen a bear at all . |
| 10 | The stomach cramps had been coming back , off and on , all day , but so far she had been able to keep them under control . |
| 11 | So far she had done nothing irrevocable . |
| 12 | His wife , more canny than she seemed , had already witnessed huge losses over a scheme to promote detachable shirt cuffs , and so far she had managed to sit on the remaining money . |
| 13 | So far she had got no information and she had come dangerously near to paying the price . |
| 14 | So far she had avoided the interior of Emma Watt 's flat . |
| 15 | So far she had little reason to believe him . |
| 16 | So far she had n't dared to look directly at the Bentley . |
| 17 | So far she had seen nothing but a normal barn — bales of hay , racks of apples , a few garden tools — but now she found herself forced into the other side of the top floor and it was certainly different , so different in fact that as Alain released her she walked forward of her own volition . |
| 18 | So far she had felt very little because she had been well prepared , but she did not have the necessary audacity to simply whisk the cloth away . |
| 19 | So far she had gained the distinct impression that being angry and obnoxious with her suited him just fine — he positively revelled in deriding her at every opportunity . |
| 20 | So far she had to agree . |
| 21 | She 'd always had boyfriends , although so far she had n't been tempted to engage in any serious commitment . |
| 22 | But so far she had refused to take any of them seriously — sensible Caroline . |
| 23 | So far she had not been able to reconcile her desire to keep everything the same and her desire for comfort . |
| 24 | She gave a cool glance in return , cautiously pleased that so far she had betrayed nothing of her reaction at standing so close to him . |
| 25 | She wondered which part of the house Fernando and Maria Luisa occupied , which were their own personal quarters , because so far she had seen nothing that indicated that a happy couple occupied the place . |
| 26 | Her part of the bargain was to keep that body in good working order , not to abuse it or damage it , and so far she had managed to do that pretty well . |
| 27 | thought bream to be the culprits , but could n't be sure because so far I had not seen any prime out in the swim to indicate they were , in fact , present there . |
| 28 | He was often overcome with temptation when faced with such delights as chicken dumplings and ice-cream and treacle suet pudding , and so far he had been lucky . |
| 29 | So far he had only spoken to minor figures of the tragedy which befell Alexander III at Kinghorn . |
| 30 | So far he had n't sold a single thing . |