Example sentences of "[pers pn] go [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 61 | He went so far as to bang on the door of Evert 's home in an effort to see Steffi . |
| 62 | Protagoras found gender assignation in Greek inconsistent and illogical — for example , there were cases when two words referring to the same thing had different genders — and he went so far as to advocate reform ( he was ridiculed for this by Aristophanes , and the attempt was unsuccessful ) . |
| 63 | Anselm himself never quoted this analogy , but he went so far as to warn the pope that if he gave an adverse judgement in the dispute between Canterbury and York ‘ I would on no account remain in England ; for I neither ought to , nor can allow the primacy of our church to be destroyed while I am alive . ’ |
| 64 | In January 1881 he went so far as to recommend the involvement of zemstvo and municipal duma representatives in commissions appointed to consider reform of peasant affairs and local government . |
| 65 | Indeed he went so far as to suggest that pupils might be involved in evaluating the curriculum in the future . |
| 66 | Like a beggar , he went so far as to pluck at Meredith 's sleeve . |
| 67 | One morning he went so far as to say to Nikos that he thought the affair was now over . |
| 68 | On at least one occasion , he went so far as to express the hope that his own son would succeed him as monarch . |
| 69 | 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 . |
| 70 | 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 . |
| 71 | Furthermore , he went so far as to express readiness to try to gain approval from Falkenhayn for the termination of all operations at Verdun . |
| 72 | I would n't say I enjoyed it , but it went much better than I expected and my audience were very appreciative . |
| 73 | But even so , you would n't have thought it went as fast as that in a creature that moves so slowly , would you , Miss Honey ? ’ |