Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [adv] as [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He dived away at the double and took himself as far as his long legs would carry him . |
| 2 | I do understand that the burden of an elderly , dependent relative , even of one so sprightly as your mother , can be great . |
| 3 | I 'm really sorry , but this has altered everything as far as our plans with you were concerned . |
| 4 | Alfieri watched out for his clients and tried to help them as far as his job would allow . |
| 5 | With that she got up , put her knitting away and said she would go with me as far as our house . |
| 6 | He brought me as far as your gate , which was decent of him — and then bolted as if the bears were after him . |
| 7 | A spokesman said : ‘ We have lost nothing as far as our computer records are concerned and there is no need for policy holders to be concerned . |
| 8 | At last , with greasy fingers , she managed to guide him to her saturated hole , and he penetrated her as easily as her own fingers did when she masturbated . |
| 9 | It clung to her as surely as her shadow . |
| 10 | He made no attempt to detain her , but walked with her down the dark drive and took her as far as her own front door . |
| 11 | He left the cosy little restaurant to reappear a few minutes later with the announcement that her taxi was at the door and that he and Bob would go with her as far as her hotel . |
| 12 | ‘ And after that , ’ Woolley said , ‘ you will come back here and stop the German air force from examining the hole which their artillery has just blown in the British Line , a hole about the size of Lancashire , and that will be the biggest waste of time of all , because the German Army found that hole an hour ago , and is now galloping through it as fast as its little legs will carry it , heading in the direction of … ’ he snipped the final toe-nail and straightened his leg to study the fault' … us . ’ |
| 13 | That , I knew , was it as far as my family was concerned . |
| 14 | I wanted desperately to be with him , to comfort him , but somehow I made myself keep walking , and when a coach passed , I arranged to travel on it as far as my money would pay for . |
| 15 | To make this system more effective , animals emphasise their own scent by marking themselves as enthusiastically as their territories . |