Example sentences of "[pers pn] went so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tell me that Mr. Stavanger has a magnificent record , and is very highly thought of in shipping circles — indeed , they went so far as to say that they 'd recommend the bank 's board to support him through thick and thin . |
| 2 | Their discussions included the merger of the Falange and the Traditionalist movement and they went so far as to commission a draft document outlining the project . |
| 3 | Indeed , they went so far as to propose that there should be a separate planning code for minerals . |
| 4 | So he went so away we went . |
| 5 | Standing up to straighten his back , he would take as many as half a dozen buds , popping them all into his mouth , then down he 'd go , snick , snick , bud in , and on to the next — he went so fast that it took two assistants following behind and tying in to keep up with him ! |
| 6 | We brought him to Lingfield last week and he went so well on the sand , we thought he had a chance today , ’ said the trainer . |
| 7 | He went so far as to state that had Hougoumont fallen , the battle might well have been lost . |
| 8 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that he was almost dreading stepping on to the golf course , full of grim forebodings on the practice ground and no better on the practice green . |
| 9 | In June 1960 he went so far as to write to Ashby himself — by then Sir Eric and the Master of Clare College , Cambridge — setting out the case and asking whether he would make personal representations to the Minister to secure unilateral treatment for the Eastern District . |
| 10 | When his first wife died in 1751 , he went so far as to obtain a licence to marry a certain Hannah Laskey . |
| 11 | He went so far as to bang on the door of Evert 's home in an effort to see Steffi . |
| 12 | Protagoras found gender assignation in Greek inconsistent and illogical — for example , there were cases when two words referring to the same thing had different genders — and he went so far as to advocate reform ( he was ridiculed for this by Aristophanes , and the attempt was unsuccessful ) . |
| 13 | Anselm himself never quoted this analogy , but he went so far as to warn the pope that if he gave an adverse judgement in the dispute between Canterbury and York ‘ I would on no account remain in England ; for I neither ought to , nor can allow the primacy of our church to be destroyed while I am alive . ’ |
| 14 | In January 1881 he went so far as to recommend the involvement of zemstvo and municipal duma representatives in commissions appointed to consider reform of peasant affairs and local government . |
| 15 | Indeed he went so far as to suggest that pupils might be involved in evaluating the curriculum in the future . |
| 16 | Like a beggar , he went so far as to pluck at Meredith 's sleeve . |
| 17 | One morning he went so far as to say to Nikos that he thought the affair was now over . |
| 18 | On at least one occasion , he went so far as to express the hope that his own son would succeed him as monarch . |
| 19 | In 1831 and 1833 he went so far as to attack the Turks , until Britain and Russia intervened to protect the Ottoman empire from disintegration . |
| 20 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that Britain 's justice system had been badly bruised by the Government 's failure in this respect . |
| 21 | Furthermore , he went so far as to express readiness to try to gain approval from Falkenhayn for the termination of all operations at Verdun . |
| 22 | So he said he did n't care where he went so as much as to say so I thought right then we 'll go to the Regal tonight . |
| 23 | ‘ It is amazing when it works — in the Scottish Open in February against Eva Webster it went so well that I near enough knocked both of us out . ’ |
| 24 | Tom sang a Burns song and then , because it went so well with the guitar , never mind the sax , Don Giovanni 's pretty serenade . |
| 25 | It went so well that the consultancy is now planning to hold more top notch dinners at Cottons . |
| 26 | It went so fast you did n't know how fast it was going ; it went so high you could n't see how high it was . |
| 27 | It went so fast , we could n't believe it . |
| 28 | ‘ It went so smoothly . |
| 29 | The mate used to get erm on the dredger the tug and the two dumb hoppers , or the dumb hoppers they used to get four pound five shillings a week and erm and my father got five pound twelve and six and then it went so long we were given near the end of the dredger and er in the Harbourmaster 's wisdom he cut us all down five shillings a week , so we get three pound fifteen shillings . |