Example sentences of "far they have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | To get this far they had to swim from their breeding grounds in the Gulf of Mexico . |
| 3 | It was clearly a spot height — in fact there was a small stone to mark it , but it was almost hidden in rough grass and gorse , and Maggie really did n't want to know how far they had climbed . |
| 4 | I thought to myself that , however far they had wandered , if they ended up in the body of Leonard Arthur Pike they must be really desperate . |
| 5 | He had little idea as to how far they had come and had lost count of how many times they had fallen . |
| 6 | The competition was to take place in August and , although she was for ever panicking about what they still could n't do , she tended to overlook how far they had come from first beginnings . |
| 7 | Floy glanced over his shoulder , trying to gauge how far they had come and in which direction the road now lay . |
| 8 | She did n't know how far they had come from Gloucester , but surely after an hour at a steady gallop they had put enough distance between themselves and the castle to halt for a few minutes . |
| 9 | Thus far they had found nothing , and above the bed of the river their searchings were stirring up a cloudy precipitate of mud as the white waters gushed across the weir . |
| 10 | So far they had smashed sixteen windows , burnt nine desks , singed the hair of several pupils and set someone 's jacket alight . |
| 11 | But so far they 'd drawn a blank in that direction . |
| 12 | when he went in mum started crying she said Lyn he ai n't coming back he ai n't coming back I said he might mum , he 's just might so anyway that was , at one o'clock he went down , quarter past five , ring , we kept saying can you ring and see if , and they rung said be out the operating theatre to tell us how far they 'd got and what was happening , he 's had four units of blood |
| 13 | He 'd had ideas about them buying somewhere of their own , but so far they 'd had to stay as ideas . |
| 14 | Travelling from the northern tip of Scotland to the southern cliffs of England is tough enough … 1200 muscle sapping miles … but Derek Hegarty and Neil Pascoe are doing it an even harder way … they 're competing in their own marathon triathlon … which is running swimming and cycling … so far they 've run up Ben Nevis … |
| 15 | So far they 've managed to isolate an ingredient which kills human sperm extremely quickly and efficiently . |
| 16 | ‘ So far they 've had good bushel weights . ’ |
| 17 | So far they 've had no pension . |
| 18 | But so far they 've had only one reply . |
| 19 | So far they 've spent twenty four hours at the house … and in the best tradition of ghost stories , things really DID go bump in the night . |
| 20 | So far they 've got £8,000 together by putting on raves , but they still need £2,000 . |
| 21 | And displacement , how far they 've got from the start line ? |
| 22 | So far they 've got barely half that amount . |
| 23 | So far they have received nothing from the Government , little EC assistance and are running out of funds donated by individuals and industry . |
| 24 | So far they have gained little official recognition and therefore do not automatically qualify for government grants to students . |
| 25 | After some three months have passed it is often wise to conduct a full review of the new systems and to discover how far they have progressed . |
| 26 | So far they have achieved by international consent beauty of sound ; that is already a notable accomplishment . |
| 27 | So far they have produced a list of 16 blocks of work ! |
| 28 | Exercises , whether for translation or other kinds of manipulation , can be neatly presented in sentences , with a tick or a mark for each one , and in this way everybody knows where they are going , and how far they have come in developing the necessary formal basis . |
| 29 | The Scottish pressure on ball won by the Welsh was superb and this really indicated how far they have come on since the match against the Italians . |
| 30 | So far they have set up Parish Maps , New Milestones and recently Trees , Woods and the Green Man projects — the last being connected to the Orchards exhibition . |