Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] will go " in BNC.
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1 | I merely want to open all the doors as far as they will go at the moment . ’ |
2 | Merely pushing the lever forwards as far as it will go is not enough because the lock may be very stiff . |
3 | ‘ Beineix dares much , pushing farce as far as it will go while simultaneously building the momentum that catapults the film into its tragic destination . |
4 | You feel a soft click through your fingers before you have pressed a key as far as it will go . |
5 | Make sure that the pattern is straight and gently feed it down as far as it will go . |
6 | ‘ Umm , I just turn my guitar up as far as it will go , ’ explains the puzzled axe hero . |
7 | I find a track leading off the road into a stand of trees ; I take the car up as far as it will go , then turn the lights out . |
8 | Then pull each leg away in opposite directions as far as it will go . |
9 | When the body is bent forward as far as it will go , the leg muscles are held tense and the position maintained for a count of ten . |
10 | The student sits on the floor and opens his legs in front of him , pushing his body weight forward as far as it will go . |
11 | If , instead of ( 29 ) , I say ( 30 ) , then I direct you to pay particular attention and care to each of the operations involved in doing ( 29 ) , this being an implicature of the use of the longer expression : ( 29 ) Open the door ( 30 ) Walk up to the door , turn the door handle clockwise as far as it will go , and then pull gently towards you But perhaps the most important of the sub-maxims of Manner is the fourth , " be orderly " . |