Example sentences of "far [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lazy undergraduates liked them because Lewis did half their work far them — providing summaries of books they would never get around to reading themselves , and lightening his commentaries with entertaining asides . |
| 2 | On the evidence I 've seen so far I rather doubt that . ’ |
| 3 | So far I have been suggesting ways in which the Free Church benefited from the political activities of its founder and other leading members . |
| 4 | I ca n't believe how far I have come in the past couple of years . |
| 5 | It 's very hard to see how far I have come . |
| 6 | So far I have been at pains to make a clear distinction between these two modes . |
| 7 | In the illustrations of projection so far I have suggested that broadly speaking there are two kinds : ( 1 ) where the participants are allowed to be passive observers becoming more actively engaged as and when they wish , and ( 2 ) where from the beginning the participants are required to do something . |
| 8 | So far I see little prospect of one or the other . |
| 9 | We are loudly human all the way back as they light up for me just how far I had strayed . |
| 10 | ‘ So far I am lucky , but I know sometime it will happen . ’ |
| 11 | So far I 've kept her away from the secret files . |
| 12 | So far I have talked of memes as though it was obvious what a single unit-meme consisted of . |
| 13 | The earth curved up and around me wherever I went , as if I were at the bottom of a dish , and no matter how far I travelled I could get no nearer the rim — like a spaceman hurtling , as he thinks , towards the edge of the universe , only to find it unfolding before him and closing in behind , so that he is always at the centre . |
| 14 | So far I have said nothing of my family nor of my friends . |
| 15 | Though so far I find … |
| 16 | The worst thing was having to climb that damned ladder to the roof of Flying Control in a howling gale and lashing rain , to see how far I could n't see across the air field and to estimate the strength of the wind which was doing its best to dislodge my desperate hold on the railing . |
| 17 | Thus far I have found Maurizio Pollini 's recordings of Beethoven 's Piano Sonatas rather forbidding — technically immaculate , intellectually probing , yet almost totally devoid of human interest . |
| 18 | So far I have been very fortunate and have had at least one painting accepted each time I have tried . |
| 19 | There are loos close at hand which makes a nice change from the back of a bush ; so far I have behaved myself in the boat ! |
| 20 | So far I have tried to argue that the competences people have in dealing with the outside world vary in kind , adequacy , number and distribution . |
| 21 | It was difficult , too , to tell how far I 'd come on my own : before , we 'd been talking and time had probably passed quickly . |
| 22 | I was wondering how far I should trust him and had an uncomfortable impression that he knew what I was thinking . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , unlike its predecessor it has no score system ( I always like to know how far I 've got in a game ) , but I presume this is due to memory restrictions . |
| 24 | This problem has been carrying on for two months or more , and so far I have not found a successful treatment . |
| 25 | Breeding Goby Cichlids is not easy — it is one of my ambitions and so far I have been unsuccessful . |
| 26 | So far I have concentrated on the sort of things you ask me . |
| 27 | I really have to watch how far I push myself these days , though . |
| 28 | I know my objectivity as a reviewer is going to be put sorely to the test , because so far I 've loved every one that I 've laid my hands on . |
| 29 | ‘ To be honest , it will depend how the rugby is going and how far I have progressed with Scotland ’ . |
| 30 | So far I have written of the individual in relation to his , or her , environment of other people and have pointed to object relationships as the key connections between the inner world of the individual and his outer world . |