Example sentences of "their [noun] far [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They read and reread , often looking quite abstracted , memorizing passages silently , their eyes far off ; and when ideas eluded or baffled them they would turn to one another for help , each sister seeming to draw strength and comfort from the other 's closeness . |
| 2 | Editors were instructed to mould their articles far more to the educational levels of workers and peasants . |
| 3 | B. Sailing ships could carry their cargoes far inland ( 12 km ) up the river , helped by the very high tides . |
| 4 | One was that patrimonies were not large enough to maintain several brothers in the style to which they were accustomed : perhaps because the survival of several brothers was becoming more common at this social level , noble younger brothers often had to seek their fortunes far afield , whether in an ecclesiastical or in a secular career . |
| 5 | Ralph Berger has also found that subjects woken from REM sleep report colour in their dreams far more frequently than people do when asked about their dreams during the day — even subjects who claimed never to dream in colour . |
| 6 | Proponents of the changes did , however , find the prognostications of their adversaries far too pessimistic and polemical . |
| 7 | Soon the dandelions came , all they cared about was blooming , getting their white clocks and blowing their babies far away . |
| 8 | They spend their time far out on warm seas once the short northern summer is over . |