Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] as far [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's have a look at this year 's price list er it says nineteen ninety three but I say it 's carried on as far as we know er there are n't any at the moment increases . |
| 2 | ‘ That was seventeen years ago and she has n't as far as I know been seen or heard of since ; surely that adds up to a disappearance ? |
| 3 | However , results of an experiment published just before Christmas show in clearer perspective than ever before that quantum theory holds good as far as we can tell . |
| 4 | ‘ No officers coughin' up as far as I can see , ’ said Tommy . |
| 5 | They had tunnelled down into the plateau , and they had built upwards as far as their materials and construction abilities would allow . |
| 6 | Close your eyes , inhale and bend back as far as you can ( without any discomfort ) thrusting your arms back . |
| 7 | When they have moved forwards as far as they feel they want to go they then leave one of the bottles , place both their hands on the other and have to get back without touching the the floor with any part of their body . |
| 8 | As for his arm , she decided , it could just fester and drop off as far as she was concerned . |
| 9 | He appeared totally oblivious of her presence and did n't even look up as far as she was aware . |
| 10 | UNCED 's Secretary-General , Maurice Strong , has acknowledged that there will be " serious failures " at the summit , and added , in an oblique reference to the US , that " some countries are not going nearly as far as they could " . |
| 11 | The curtains were drawn back as far as they would go , and whenever she looked up the green-brown panorama confronted her and the pale bowl of sky . |
| 12 | Jack crept up as far as he dared and then froze . |
| 13 | And the county do n't send us copy letters , so , chair it does need sorting out as far as we 're concerned as well . |
| 14 | I think the inde independent corroboration for actuaries was another important factor , custody confirmation by the auditors , veto of transfer of assets , independent auditors for pension funds , independent custodian arrangements , in-house investment management , you made some comments , co-ordination of the various regulators , co-ordination of the professional advisers , establishment of the Pension Tribunal , you know now as far as I was concerned on on my sort of looking through it , those were all recommendations that that you have made over your two years and I could n't really find any response to those in Good , and I think that 's er you know we we personally found that disappointing . |
| 15 | I left the broch and walked uphill as far as I could without disturbing the bird colony , then made my way towards the southern end of the island , where the land sloped gradually down to the sea in long , flat terraces of rock . |
| 16 | If she walked twice as far as she rode , how many kilometres did she ride ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | At first , as he worked , he had reminisced pleasantly to himself about the smells and the texture of paper and ink , and about the pleasure of opening a new roll of papyrus , laid out as far as there was need on soft leather spread over a wooden writing desk ; then mixing the ink powder with water , and the nervous moment of dipping the brush to make the first signs — to load the brush just so , in order that the ink would be absorbed by the paper before it could run down it . |
| 19 | She pulled over as far as she could into the bushes at the side of the lane and slowed down while the car , a beaten-up old Ford , passed . |
| 20 | Nature in our garden seems to stretch about as far as our three Indian runner ducks , whose sole interests in life are lettuce , bread and little things which wriggle ; and the frogs in the pond who spend summer days sunning themselves on the warm cement slabs surrounding the off-green water . |
| 21 | Slowly lean forwards as far as you can without straining . |
| 22 | Stretch arms up high , then slowly lean forwards as far as you can without straining . |
| 23 | Stretch arms up high , then slowly lean forwards as far as you can without straining . |
| 24 | Stretch arms up high , then slowly lean forwards as far as you can without straining . |
| 25 | With one leg extended forward and the other leg bent , stretch arms up high , then slowly lean forwards as far as you can without straining . |
| 26 | When you are ready , go back as far as you want and we will pick it up from you . ’ |
| 27 | Many may have been persuaded or encouraged not to do so by the uncertainty in the law , so I would not go quite as far as my hon. Friend in suggesting that local authorities alone are to blame . |
| 28 | They gleamed not only about Mama 's neck but tumbled almost as far as her waist — and could seem all different colours . |
| 29 | Objectively , Karen was prepared to go almost as far as her predecessor , and her eager greed more than made up for the thrill I used to get from subjecting dogged , cow-like Manuela to the same routines . |
| 30 | I like you very much , Shelley , but I will come only as far as you ask me to . ’ |