Example sentences of "went [adv] [adv] as [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farr-Jones went so far as to telephone his wife Angela in Sydney saying she should expect him home within days . |
| 2 | He even went so far as to say he missed her and Pilade , and would be glad to be home . |
| 3 | One went so far as to describe her life as ‘ tragic ’ . |
| 4 | TODAY has been told the letter went so far as to claim she had betrayed her husband , her sons and , above all , the Queen . |
| 5 | In their efforts to impress the United States , the Romanians went so far as to compare their position vis-à-vis the Kremlin with Cuba 's in relation to Washington . |
| 6 | Toby went so far as to straighten his back . |
| 7 | Lydia even went so far as to bathe it in vinegar at Betty 's behest . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Archbishop Fisher went so far as to tell him that he was a possible future Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 10 | Indeed , Stein went as far as to wish his players ‘ all the best for the future . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | Indeed , one correspondent went as far as to call it the ‘ sexiest ’ although that must be debatable . |