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Example sentences of "far [adv] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1	‘ I would far rather we go through the criticisms , than have you editorialise afterwards , with ‘ on the one hand and on the other , ’ ’ he says .
2	‘ I 'd far rather you waited until it 's light , or went down for Bob . ’
3	When he judged he had gone far enough he crept cautiously out to where the trees were more sparse .
4	About how far down we go and how far up mob goes
5	So then you we can tighten in on the site to not only a place actually on the site but how far down they came from as well .
6	She had a computer actually on the it was on the side of a surveying instrument , so she was probably working out how far down she 'd actually dug by looking through the sights and reading the numbers and then she was entering up the numbers on the computer .
7	Erm well I 'll if you could , if you could do me a list of , of what you 've , what you 've missed so far so we know where we are as it were erm what er mm
8	Er few problems with the job before we started or during the job er , come back to us for a six so far so we have to What we will do is drop them down and Er another problem with the job is we 're about three week 's behind er arranged for them to come in on Monday .
9	When she too heard the clatter of the galloping horse far below she went to the window , but there was no longer anything to see and only the sound of the nursemaids chattering .
10	So far anyway they 've been excellent I must say .
11	Draw a customer profile and write a description of your typical customer , explaining what age and sex they are , how far away they live , how they travel , how often they come , how much they spend , and any other information you found out .
12	Traditional family gatherings happen at festivals like Chinese New Year and the Moon Festival , when the moon is round and everyone comes together , no matter how far away they live .
13	It all went to show how far away she had grown from the life she had been used to lead ; and the marriage , of course , explained Papa 's sudden permission for her own .
14	Her father held her tightly until her eyes began to close and from far away she heard her mother pick up the cup and saucer .
15	Far away I heard the cry of the curlew like a bell tolling a lament for an ancient wrong unrighted .
16	Not far away I caught , from the corner of my eye , the flickering movement as a ringed plover scudded and ran among the sea-pinks .
17	because erm the North East was so far away I think they was
18	At least back when I lived in a hole I knew everything there was to know about living in a hole , and now it 's a year later and I 'm at a place so far away I do n't even know how far away it is , watching something I do n't understand go to a place so far up there is no down .
19	I did n't put a blind up there cos we were so far away I do n't like them looking at your window
20	From far away I head voices ( Anne 's voice , said part of my mind … stop , that 's Anne 's voice ) but I was too far gone .
21	‘ He lives so far away you see , ’ explained Bridget .
22	Far away he thought he could see some goats grazing .
23	Er the people helped one another far more I think then than they do now because I suppose now it just is n't , it is n't necessary .
24	Far off she heard the drone of a tractor working late or set for home .
25	‘ It was a huge blow to their pride to discover how far behind they had fallen during isolation — yet coach John Williams has now gone too far the other way .
26	He realized how far behind we lagged over here in this sort of Child Art Education .
27	That demonstrates just how far behind we have slipped in world terms .
28	‘ We are so far behind I fear we shall never catch up , ’ he says , gloomily .
29	COLBERT : Oh man , they 're so far out they 've seen Pluto , those guys .
30	So far today they have been studying how orders for an operation are given and the particular way in which the Army goes about explaining a complex undertaking .