Example sentences of "come from [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have come from very far . |
| 2 | She must have come from very far … be tired and hungry … her shoes worn thin … sand and stones embedded in the soles of her feet . |
| 3 | Right at the end a glass pavilion had been built for concerts and parties , and Gran said people had come from as far away as Lancaster . |
| 4 | He spoke , and his voice seemed to come from very far off . |
| 5 | Outside the hut the leaves and the grasses sparkled with the brightness of the shower , the air was fresh and sweet with released scents and the song of birds , and then , distantly but distinctly , almost as they emerged , came from very far away , somewhere to west and south of them , the sound of a horn . |
| 6 | Military ordered came from as far afield as India , Malaysia , Africa and , of course , Canada . |
| 7 | The animal skulls resting on the mantelpiece came from as far afield as Arizona and India , and some were brought back to be drawing subjects in more works of art |
| 8 | More striking still , fragments of the shell of Cassis rufa from the Grotte des Enfants near Mentone came from as far away as the Indian Ocean . |
| 9 | People and dogs came from as far away as Oxford to take part in this event which must have left them all fitter and leaner at the end of the day . |
| 10 | True Londoners were sobered up by what was happening to their town , but young fellows , sometimes coming from as far as California , felt very lost and lonely , and sometimes escaped via the bottle . |
| 11 | The Theatre 's annual panto has become something of a cult , with people coming from as far away as Amsterdam and Geneva to see this year 's ’ Mother Goose . ’ |
| 12 | Some are coming from as far afield as Germany , so today , despite abysmal flying conditions , they all went up for a rehearsal . |
| 13 | We 'll have 3,100 pints on tap at the event for the expected 1,000 visitors , some of whom are coming from as far away as Belgium . |
| 14 | Boys would come from as far away as Shepherd 's Bush and Bayswater to play on it between fighting rival gangs . |
| 15 | Sometimes messages come from as far away as Senegal and Pakistan . |
| 16 | This is the main hinterland which the port serves , although some orders come from as far as London , South Wales or Scotland . |
| 17 | The majority are from the surrounding small towns and villages , but some exhibitors come from as far afield as Lincolnshire . |
| 18 | At this hypermarket more than half the booze sales are to English shoppers , they come from as far away as Yorkshire to stock up for the Christmas part season . |