Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given my concentration so far on the possession/separation issue , and its relation to the circulation process , and given my earlier insistence that economic class relations at the level of possession/separation can not be conceived as the underlying ‘ essence ’ of social and political collectivities and movements , which demand analysis in their own right , I am not yet in a position to draw full ‘ political conclusions ’ ( the following chapters will take us some way further in this direction ) . |
| 2 | If you are acquiring a cross-breed , try to establish its parentage as far as possible . |
| 3 | In Ceausescu 's Romania there was no chance of pressing their claim too far . |
| 4 | His father died shortly afterwards , and Margery was given permission by her confessor to escort her daughter-in-law as far as Ipswich , where the latter was to take ship for home . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Melanie , who was not enjoying her walk so far . |
| 6 | Emily swallowed hard , how could she lower her pride so far as to approach the girl she had been so scornful of ? |
| 7 | Although reporters gave the impression that the troupes were new to the American stage , they had in fact made their debut as far back as 1900 when George Lederer booked them to perform their original Pony Trot . |
| 8 | But the USSR is without outside élites and pressure groups , let alone an electorate , to rescue the careers of those who push their luck too far . |
| 9 | If the working class push their action too far , the apparent neutrality of the state will disappear and the state will act against them . |
| 10 | One friend said : ‘ Denise believes that her husband was pushing their daughter too far , too fast , too soon . |
| 11 | Under Augustus or Tiberius Strabo still stated , as an evident fact , that in the study of little-known countries " the Roman writers are imitators of the Greeks and they do not carry their imitation very far , for what they relate they merely translate from the Greeks " ( 3.4.19 ) . |
| 12 | ‘ May not a man go too far in this study , and overvalue his progress so far , as to think nothing out of his reach ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ May not a man go too far in this study , and overvalue his progress so far , as to think nothing out of his reach ? ’ |
| 14 | This time the mechanic in charge , a well known character with a police record , had pushed his luck too far , and several illegal immigrants were found hiding in the covered power boat by our shore controls . |
| 15 | My experience with motorway service areas confirmed my belief that far too much of transport was either in state hands or run under state control . |
| 16 | Regular correspondence with the revered minimalist La Monte Young introduced him to the Dadaist movement Fluxus , but by the time he had won a Leonard Bernstein scholarship to the Berkshire School of Music in Massachusetts , ‘ I felt I 'd run my course as far as the avant-garde was concerned ’ . |
| 17 | The elderly woman turned her head as far sideways as the basket strap permitted . |
| 18 | She turned her face as far as she could towards Marie . |
| 19 | I 'll reiterate here that the complexity — or at least the perceived complexity — of the Alpha 's operation could limit its market as far as first time buyers go . |
| 20 | It was difficult to x-ray his leg so far up , and as it was a small machine and needed a relatively long exposure it was hard to get a clear picture with him shaking as the poor boy was doing by this time . |
| 21 | He was just concerned with getting his nose as far into the brickwork as humanly possible . |
| 22 | Delve your hand as far as necessary into the dead-end and retrieve what 's up there . |
| 23 | Today treat yourself to your favourite menus of the last week — any breakfast , lunch or dinner — or try my special menu designed to mark your achievement so far . |
| 24 | I put me 'and down , an' it slithered up on to it and up me arm as far as me shoulder . |
| 25 | Her father was explaining something to her in that overloud , careful voice which he used to her mother , the voice which said : ‘ I know you are too stupid to understand this but I will talk slowly and loudly and hope that you wo n't try my patience too far . ’ |
| 26 | Well , that 's where you 're in error , both of you , because I 've set my course as far as you 're concerned , Master Tristram , and now I 'll hold to it . |
| 27 | Anything like the commotion that ensued , the hurricane deck and one of the steamer 's boats which was hung aloft broke its range so far , but some ladies who had got settled on that side had to be led down stairs dripping wet . |
| 28 | On hearing of his death Viscount Aimar and Geoffrey de Lusignan left Limoges in order to accompany his body as far as Grandmont . |
| 29 | ‘ But the trouble is that we do n't know the pattern of the stars here , ’ said Snodgrass , who had sent himself quite dizzy by standing perfectly still and craning his neck as far back as he could in order to see the night sky . |
| 30 | Isabel needed his protection as far as Winchester , and if he did n't have those answers before they arrived he would keep her under restraint until he unlocked every secret she possessed . |