Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adv] far [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They would n't have come as far as this on their own , he must be driving them . ’ |
| 2 | In the late 19th century , they studied bumps on heads ( phrenology ) and if you were unfortunate enough to have a large protuberance on your forehead — well , you would n't have got as far as nice chats in the grocer 's with a friendly-going-on-gullible type like myself . |
| 3 | Moreover having gone as far as this I do not believe that it would be possible for me to hold the line and refuse to answer any further questions about the composition and activities of the Committees . |
| 4 | These policies should bear in mind principles such as that when children leave school they should have acquired as far as possible : |
| 5 | Well probably because er you know we try and keep up er er certain standard every year and er you know it 's very important doing a video that you have the right songs for it , you know to get a story book set up for each song and this one we felt when we had it finished was probably you know the best we 've done so far and lucky enough we 've been proved right . |
| 6 | Right , so anyway , we 've got as far as that and your everything seems alright eh ? |
| 7 | But the pendulum had swung so far that some return to less than enthusiasm was inevitable . |
| 8 | In the three weeks since , Theda had tried as far as possible to keep her so . |