Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got as far as Grantchester and I thought , fuck it , yes , why not ? |
| 2 | ‘ I got as far as unpacking my summer wear … ! ! ’ |
| 3 | At the Moravian Church we had fine Advent hymns , and once I got as far as Bunyan Meeting and heard theirs . |
| 4 | I got as far as nine . |
| 5 | The only thing that was quite extraordinary was what I found when I got as far as the back premises . |
| 6 | I finished equal fifth and , although I got as far as the final qualifying round for the Open and won through two rounds of the Amateur Championship , that was to be my best result for the year . |
| 7 | When I got as far as the door I dragged myself upright again , turned the handle , and lurched in . |
| 8 | I got as far as Birmingham , and then was called into the manager 's office . |
| 9 | Lastly , I got as far as Mansfield last night , on my way to the Villa match . |
| 10 | I thought I was quite a reasonable driver , I got as far as running at the front in World Sports Car Championships erm finished on the podium several times in International Formula Three erm |
| 11 | I commented as far as I am prepared to a moment ago . |
| 12 | I turned as far as I could without rocking or creaking , but I could n't see him . |
| 13 | I walked as far as Cwmavon . |
| 14 | I walked as far as the castle , where the tram tracks jut out towards the far bank of the Daugava River to show where the bridge was torn away from under them . |
| 15 | But once or twice in a while I would despair of producing the kind of thing that seemed likely to win approval from one whose standards were so high — impossibly high I felt so far as emulation on my part was concerned — and therefore I had moods in which I would feel unworthy of his attention . |
| 16 | I went as far as the Galilee Gate , I turned and came back to my church . |
| 17 | So he said I got back on the phone to him and I said as far as I 'm concerned you can get in your car and come down here and fetch back what 's left . |
| 18 | So I relaxed as far as I could , and short of thumping my chest like Tarzan , hoped I was emanating nothing but lovely rude health . |
| 19 | I wanted as far as possible to forearm the boy at the beginning of adolescence — not ramming a weapon into his hand willy-nilly , but showing him the size and shape of it and where it lies in such a way that he would take it up without realizing he was doing so and find himself using it when he needed to . |
| 20 | Last year , there were protracted negotiations for Tucson , Arizona-based direct rival Artisoft Inc to take over Performance , which got as far as the two signing a letter of intent to that effect . |
| 21 | He hit a huge drive which rolled so far that it ended in deep rough . |
| 22 | They debouched from this second strait into a broad body of water which stretched as far as the eye could see toward the setting sun … |
| 23 | As soon as she drew up to the roundabout at the top of Woodstock Road , she found herself in traffic which stretched as far as the eye could see , and when she switched on the car radio , she discovered that the only sound it would make was an assortment of squeaks and crackles . |
| 24 | Belorussia , in these new circumstances , began to raise territorial claims against Lithuania , which extended as far as the Lithuanian capital Vilnius . |
| 25 | ‘ If you got as far as Spargo 's you must have seen him go under the scaffolding . ’ |
| 26 | Never mind you got as far as you could , so at least you got that far Deirdre . |
| 27 | You got as far as you were at the wedding |
| 28 | But among all these doubts it had not occurred to her that if she got as far as 42b Milvain Street , and rang the bell , Edward would not open the door . |
| 29 | She got as far as the bathroom and was half undressed when the doorbell rang , making her start . |
| 30 | She got as far as the other side of the wide bed before being dragged back and pinned beneath fitzAlan 's forceful weight for the second time that night . |