Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] [adv] [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wartime bombers did n't seem to care what went up ; by contrast the PIRA did and cared so deliberately as to set out selectively to destroy what is now an illusion — the sanctity of hospital in which , regardless of loyalty or background , so many thousands of victims of our vicious little civil war have received care since those nights in August 1969 . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , as has often happened in developing countries as well , he completely underestimated the people 's desire for land , and went so far as to oppose the implementation of the Land Settlement Act . |
| 3 | For various reasons the main one of which was a lack of understanding of our problems , our local administration were often unsympathetic and went so far as to accuse us of non co-operation at times , especially in the matter of rest days . |
| 4 | Peel reckoned with the prospect of violent conflict between the Government and the trade unions ; and went so far as to enquire into the practicability of organizing the middle classes against them . |
| 5 | But with Barnet owing £1.3million and the players and staff unpaid for three weeks , Stein believes it is unlikely the crisis can be averted and went as far as to wish his players ‘ all the best for the future . ’ |
| 6 | He felt as black as John Jasper , and wondered even now whether to switch to The Mystery of Edwin Drood . |