Example sentences of "got [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | They said they would send it , they got so far as taking her address , but she changed her mind , she wanted to wear it that night . |
| 2 | Without using any money , some of the escapees got as far as North Wales , Yorkshire , and Scotland . |
| 3 | I got as far as Grantchester and I thought , fuck it , yes , why not ? |
| 4 | ‘ We both only got as far as Harwich . ’ |
| 5 | Walter claims to have journeyed as a student to Nepal ( 'did n't everyone ? ' ) for purification , but Vivien reminds him that he only got as far as Ostend . |
| 6 | Nothing happened with the turbine , but the V8 got as far as running in prototype form in the James Bond Esprit , which Rudd used as his personal car for a time . |
| 7 | I never got as far as the wedding , Mum , but it was unlucky , was n't it ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I got as far as unpacking my summer wear … ! ! ’ |
| 9 | He resigned as Foreign Minister in late October , and secretarial staff got as far as clearing out his offices . |
| 10 | At the Moravian Church we had fine Advent hymns , and once I got as far as Bunyan Meeting and heard theirs . |
| 11 | I failed to qualify : Ade Mafe just made it , but only got as far as the semi-final . |
| 12 | I got as far as nine . |
| 13 | She ought to unpack , but she only got as far as getting out Ricky 's photograph in its blue silk frame and putting it beside the bed . |
| 14 | I never got as far as his nose . |
| 15 | Nik Cohn , that indefatigable chronicler of popular culture , set out to walk Broadway in its entirety — but he only got as far as 42nd Street . |
| 16 | They got as far as Eldinhope at the head of St Mary 's Loch before the early November dark made following the tracks of even five hundred difficult ; and the Regent and Ramsay spent the night in that remote peel-tower of a Scott laird . |
| 17 | If Adam ever got as far as masturbating , and naturally he sometimes did , he always had the feeling afterwards that his teeth were loose . |
| 18 | The proposal got as far as a White Paper which suggested a two-tier system — life peers with voting rights and other members who could take part in debate but not vote . |
| 19 | The only thing that was quite extraordinary was what I found when I got as far as the back premises . |
| 20 | He got as far as the lawn , just out there , and then he stopped and stood , seemingly just staring at the house . |
| 21 | Last year , there were protracted negotiations for Tucson , Arizona-based direct rival Artisoft Inc to take over Performance , which got as far as the two signing a letter of intent to that effect . |
| 22 | Back at the head of Varanger Fiord , we turned off north on what we hoped was the road to Fuglafjell and got as far as the fishing village of Syltefiord . |
| 23 | I finished equal fifth and , although I got as far as the final qualifying round for the Open and won through two rounds of the Amateur Championship , that was to be my best result for the year . |
| 24 | I was going towards the North Stand and got as far as the All-Blacks ' 10-yard line . |
| 25 | In 1383 , the proposal got as far as a draft . |
| 26 | When I got as far as the door I dragged myself upright again , turned the handle , and lurched in . |
| 27 | It was delivered from Ford on a transporter to in Daybrook , run off the transporter , they did the P D I , she went to collect her brand new car and got as far as Kwik-Save in Sherwood . |
| 28 | And the vehicle got as far as Hucknall Marketplace , er and that was it . |
| 29 | He got as far as lifting his head and getting one shoulder off the seat , but then collapsed back onto the leather , and let his eyes close . |
| 30 | In the final conversation he had with them , McQueen told Boswell and Johnson of his adventures in the 1745 Rebellion , when he had been part of Bonnie Prince Charlie 's invasion force of England and got as far as Derbyshire , and fought at Culloden . |