Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] far as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they also dislike those who were born into the same station in life , or further down , and who have n't risen as far as they have . |
| 2 | ‘ If you want to leave , go right ahead , walk as far as you like . |
| 3 | But nothing was done as far as we know . |
| 4 | Okay well we 're waiting as far as I know for the money to come |
| 5 | If my readers still doubt this let them consider the situation as we find it among societies which have not advanced as far as we have , for instance , among the aborigines of Central Australia . |
| 6 | but , er , I do n't think they 've got as far as yours have |
| 7 | The Government have always abided by , and agreed with , the additionality rules as far as they apply to Northern Ireland . |
| 8 | She is coming as far as you know ? |
| 9 | Given full rein to run as far as they want , the plants are living very well and do n't feel in any particular danger , so there is no need for them to waste energy by perpetuating the species and going to the trouble of producing flower and setting seed . |
| 10 | I put it to Andy that it must have been a blow when they split in 1988 , but he , ever the voice of reason , says , ‘ There was no point in trying to keep them together , it had gone as far as they wanted it to go and they wanted to do something different . |
| 11 | She lowered her lashes , said bitterly , ‘ I — I 've never gone as far as I did last night with you ! ’ |
| 12 | Well I suppose you see maybe what they 're trying to do I mean as far as I know I mean previously the Inland Revenue or the valuation office part of the Inland Revenue they actually used to run a scheme where |
| 13 | I really think that 's what has made the business stay , and go as far as it has . |
| 14 | The bill put forward by President Bush in May 1989 went as far as he thought wise in loading new burdens on to industry . |
| 15 | However , with the Land Rover we can go as far as you want . ’ |
| 16 | Probably with braziers we think as far as we know , although there is also a chimney breast there which is a later date . |
| 17 | She would hardly have been able to get as far as she had already without a very strong image of the outlines of the world , of her own personal dream . |
| 18 | There 's been one young girl killed so far as I know . " |
| 19 | Some fat old hag in a dirty apron came and said so far as she knew you were in hospital . |
| 20 | As the PAL:YPE recalls , this impression was based on a combination of physical environment , staff vision , and an existing commitment to an infrastructure including a permanent part-time library assistant : School A I was impressed with , because they too had already started to talk about resource-based learning and they already had as far as I remember … ( now my memory is fairly vague now because it is quite a long time ago ) … but as far as I remember they had a Headmaster , who was extremely interested , very keen indeed , and they had a committee already set up , I think to look into this . |
| 21 | which we can be sure , or think we can be sure , of biological connection is always very narrow ; but sociological kinship , which depends only on our willingness to slot individuals into particular verbal categories , can be extended as far as we like , or rather as far as local convention requires , and that may be thousands of miles and include many thousands of individuals . |
| 22 | It 's an easy walk which can be extended as far as you wish without having to retrace your steps . |
| 23 | Take the numbers from one to ten ( although of course you can continue as far as you like ) . |
| 24 | The stress concentration at a crack tip was first calculated by Inglis in 1913 , as we have said , and his results are classic and correct as far as they go . |