Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [vb past] [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only wingers Rory Underwood and Simon Halliday went so far as to deliver confirmation of their departures from the international scene after the 24–0 win against Wales at Twickenham on Saturday . |
| 2 | Archbishop Fisher went so far as to tell him that he was a possible future Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 3 | Archbishop Fisher went so far as to write a very tough letter to the editor in defence of Ramsey . |
| 4 | On two occasions Shah Jehan went so far as to declare Dara his desired successor , while adding that the matter rested in the hands of Allah . |
| 5 | Mrs Cranbrook unbent so far as to show approval . |
| 6 | Back in 1933 work was begun on a racer for the 1934 MacRobertson race from London to Melbourne and Jacquelin Cochran got as far as Bucharest before damaging it in a landing accident . |
| 7 | Kip Bertram went so far as to describe the letter as ‘ venomous ’ , and Norman Smith , managing director of Total Book Distribution , said it was ‘ insulting and naive ’ . |
| 8 | John Maynard Smith went so far as to submit the super-forgiving Tit for Two Tats . |
| 9 | Peter Robinson went so far as to say that until late 1974 ‘ there was no party ’ . |
| 10 | The film capital is a huge sprawling city which seems to stretch indefinitely in all directions ; they even said that the outskirts of Los Angeles reached as far as San Francisco ! |