Example sentences of "[noun pl] went [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some amateur associations went as far as legal prosecution to prevent any payment or pro fit being derived from the activities they controlled . |
| 2 | In the early 1960s a number of economists went so far as to argue that growth had to be export-led [ Kaldor , 1971 ] . |
| 3 | Sometimes she thought that things went much better when Liza happened to be out of the room and she was alone with John . |
| 4 | Shaved partings went no further than the crown ( not in rows down the back of the head . ) |
| 5 | Indeed , some Keynesians went so far as to say that money is unimport-ant since it only exerts an influence on economic activity via interest rates , and then without much success . |
| 6 | The system was standardised in the early part of the sixteenth century , and some authorities went so far as to describe the cadency symbols for the ninth son of a ninth son ( an octofoil on an octofoil ) . |
| 7 | The National Trust , Friends of the Lake District and the National Parks have put into practice many of Green 's ideas , but the extent of his plans went even further than these and might well be worth looking at again . |
| 8 | The TV afternoons and the hours went so slow until he came back and turned the lights on . |
| 9 | Quite often curricular problems were related to inadequacies in materials and some advisers went so far as to suggest radical changes in resourcing and accommodation . |
| 10 | In particular West Ham and Poplar and a handful of other Boards with active Labour members went as far as their resources permitted in providing out-door relief and improved workhouse conditions even for the unemployed , even though they faced considerable opposition from the LGB . |
| 11 | In the late 1640s and early 1650s , radicals like William Walwyn and Gerrard Winstanley began to express doubts about the doctrine of hell , while the Ranters went so far as to deny the existence of sin , and some early English Unitarians , such as John Bidle , attacked the doctrine of the trinity and denied Christ 's divinity . |
| 12 | In nearby Sumatra , the Batak men went as far as deliberately slicing open their penises and inserting pieces of stone , which became firmly embedded as the wound closed over . |
| 13 | To be sure there was still a strong response opposing Enoch Powell 's call for repatriation , from all shades of political opinion , but the racialization of public debate about the 1985 riots went much further than 1980–1 . |
| 14 | Other jingo socialists went so far as to attribute the same view to Winston Churchill , quoting him as saying : |
| 15 | In their efforts to impress the United States , the Romanians went so far as to compare their position vis-à-vis the Kremlin with Cuba 's in relation to Washington . |
| 16 | It was an odd foursome indeed but rehearsals at Manchester 's Twilight Studios went incredibly well and a live set was swiftly formulated . |
| 17 | John McNeill , for example , asserts that the ‘ … issue between Romans and Celts went far deeper than the recorded exchange of arguments indicates ’ . |