Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] so far as " in BNC.
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| 31 | Like a beggar , he went so far as to pluck at Meredith 's sleeve . |
| 32 | One morning he went so far as to say to Nikos that he thought the affair was now over . |
| 33 | On at least one occasion , he went so far as to express the hope that his own son would succeed him as monarch . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | Furthermore , he went so far as to express readiness to try to gain approval from Falkenhayn for the termination of all operations at Verdun . |
| 37 | But the real wage is what matters so far as jobs are concerned . |