Example sentences of "[noun] get [adv] far [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The play got as far as Wimbledon and then seemed to die . |
| 2 | Ruth got as far as the doorway and stopped dead . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In 1383 , the proposal got as far as a draft . |
| 5 | Without using any money , some of the escapees got as far as North Wales , Yorkshire , and Scotland . |
| 6 | And the vehicle got as far as Hucknall Marketplace , er and that was it . |
| 7 | HOW 'S ABOUT FAT , THEN : The Duchess gets as far as raising a leg but then decides exercise is just too much effort and takes the rest of the sunbathing session lying down |
| 8 | Back in 1933 work was begun on a racer for the 1934 MacRobertson race from London to Melbourne and Jacquelin Cochran got as far as Bucharest before damaging it in a landing accident . |
| 9 | ‘ Ever since my father got as far as the fourth fence when leading the field on Zimulator in L'Escargot 's year in 1975 , I have wanted to do well in the race , ’ he told me . |
| 10 | A harmonic got as far as Hrun himself , currently fighting a couple of gnolls on a crumbling ledge high in the Caderack Mountains , and caused him a moment 's unexplained discomfort . |
| 11 | He resigned as Foreign Minister in late October , and secretarial staff got as far as clearing out his offices . |
| 12 | Neither is it that tonics are not requested ; large numbers of people get as far as the doctor 's surgery to complain of tiredness , lethargy and mild depression , and even larger numbers go straight to the chemist . |
| 13 | The idea of the event was that 12 teams of people , most of them dressed up as rare animals , had 12 hours to get as far as possible without using any money . |
| 14 | However , this must have been countered by an urgent request from Butcher as two days later Miller sent his servant with a note , agreeing to meet at Bedford House by four o'clock in order to get as far as St Albans that evening . |