Example sentences of "from [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | From somewhere far below came a series of metallic ‘ clonks ’ . |
| 2 | On the riverbank a small army of frogs croaked a hoarse descant to the incessant , high-pitched whine of unseen cicadas and from somewhere far off a bird screamed intermittently as though in agony . |
| 3 | From somewhere far away comes the drone of a mower , and the smell of the cut grass . |
| 4 | It was creeping down from outside , from somewhere far to the north , well up in the hills a mile or more away . |
| 5 | From somewhere far away , she could make out the screaming whine of an emergency vehicle in a hurry . |
| 6 | It was a marvellous site and , seen from so far away , the house did n't look a ruin . |
| 7 | And why are you calling from so far away ? |
| 8 | if these young men possessed traces of the Beastblood , it was from so far back that it could not be measured , and it was so slight that it could no longer hold the power to call upon the beasts for aid . |
| 9 | Her mother 's face came swimming into her mind , blotting out the sight of the message from so far away . |
| 10 | Llewelyn turned from the harness that was being checked out of the armoury , and looked at his foster-son for a moment from so far away and by so dazzling a light that he seemed hardly to know him . |
| 11 | She dried her eyes presently because she realized that the Magistrate was watching her from not far away . |
| 12 | He 's had dogs from as far afield as London and Liverpool . |
| 13 | Sightings have been reported from as far as France and the Netherlands . |
| 14 | The ability to seek out travel services for the customer even when they do not appear on brochure racks has brought the company a strong following in the town but also , according to manager Sandra Chisholm , from as far as Glasgow . |
| 15 | silver , bronze and brass items from as far apart as first-century AD Rome and nineteenth-century AD Moscow , ninth-century AD Persia and thirteenth-century AD England ( fig. 5.16 ) . |
| 16 | Armies from Sweden and Spain , France , the Netherlands and from as far away as Transylvania contended for superiority . |
| 17 | Sometimes messages come from as far away as Senegal and Pakistan . |
| 18 | Consignments arrive at Burnt Oak every Thursday afternoon to crowds of eager bargain hunters who travel from as far as the Lake District and Newcastle . |
| 19 | They have brought France into conflict with South Pacific countries from as far afield as Chile and Peru . |
| 20 | A UNIQUE patch of north London houses the very wealthy , from the Sultan of Brunei to millionaires from as far afield as Greece , Hong Kong and Nigeria . |
| 21 | Judging by the visitors ' book , it has already been seen by several thousand members of the public and potential clients — including visitors from most European Countries and from as far away as Brazil , Alaska and South Korea . |
| 22 | The Sutherland and Ross-shire county boundary runs down the middle of the loch , touching the coast at the outlet of Kirkaig River , and Fionn collects in waters from hundreds of square miles , gathering them from as far away as Loch Borralan , at Atnacealgach , Urigill , Cama , the ‘ crooked loch ’ , and long , windswept Veyatie , below Cul Mor . |
| 23 | This is the main hinterland which the port serves , although some orders come from as far as London , South Wales or Scotland . |
| 24 | True Londoners were sobered up by what was happening to their town , but young fellows , sometimes coming from as far as California , felt very lost and lonely , and sometimes escaped via the bottle . |
| 25 | Wells , in particular , experienced successive occupation probably from as far back as the Neolithic period . |
| 26 | Competitors travelled from as far afield as Middlesex , Berks and Kent for the end of season unaffiliated dressage championships held at Parwood Equestrian Centre , Normandy last week . |
| 27 | Carried by strong winds the rain is capable of travelling hundreds , even thousands of miles , from as far away as the USA to Britain . |
| 28 | On the night of the full moon , people gathered there from as far afield as Bārakot , twelve days ' walk away . |
| 29 | Entrants are now more varied and include local farmers and horsey young girls , some of whom travel from as far south as Nottinghamshire . |
| 30 | Mr Smith , the feast secretary , echoed these sentiments , as he told me how people who had left the village returned annually for the feast ; there were people here today from as far away as Bournemouth . |