Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adv] far [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have work to do and it is essential that there are no distractions , ’ says Coleman , ‘ I am happy the way our build-up has gone so far but the next ten days or so are obviously the most important in terms of morale and motivation . ’ |
| 2 | Just as a battle begins in a state of equilibrium between tile two sides , which gradually alters one way or the other , until it is clear that the balance has tilted so far that the issue can no longer be in doubt — so this gathering of rabbits in the dark , beginning with hesitant approaches , silences , pauses , movements , crouchings side-by-side and all manner of tentative appraisals , slowly moved , like a hemisphere of the world into summer , to a warmer , brighter region of mutual liking and approval , until all felt sure that they had nothing to fear . |
| 3 | By ten I 'd crawled as far as the door . |
| 4 | I 'd got as far as the top step on that flight when the phone went again . |
| 5 | But there are times when the analogies get stretched so far that the brain starts to lose contact with the original image . |
| 6 | Having got as far as the inverted stage , the easiest answer is to pull the stick back and perform a ha If loop to recover ( again , that 's why you needed lots of height ) . |
| 7 | The mood immediately sank back into deep depression , especially in the light of the Soviet summer offensive , which had pushed as far as the Vistula , and , in August , the accelerating advance of the western allies through France . |
| 8 | As we watched , the fog , which had crept as far as the house , began to flow round it . |
| 9 | After praying together , Duff had got as far as the door , when the old man whispered his name . |
| 10 | He had got as far as the packaging and labelling them at his premises prior to taking them to the ship . |
| 11 | Passing lamp-lit windows through which they could see sleeping Japanese soldiers and men talking in small groups , they had gone as far as a machine-gun post among the buildings — probably part of the anti-aircraft defences-when a Japanese soldier came up . |
| 12 | She asked whether he had gone as far as the well-pit and the El-ahrairah of Laburnum . |
| 13 | The scaffolding had been cleared away and the plastering had progressed as far as the season would allow . |
| 14 | When Edmund had left her she had wandered as far as the orchard , and had just pushed aside the crooked wicker gate to re-enter the garden when she heard the latch of the heavier postern rattle . |
| 15 | Perhaps he was looking for a drink by the time he had climbed as far as the Piazza where three renaissance palaces , a town hall and cathedral confront each other across an open space of such lively dignity and harmony as to make the lack of tourist cafes completely forgivable . |
| 16 | In Classical antiquity there were connections between Europe and India even before the conquests of Alexander had extended as far as the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent . |
| 17 | It should be clear from what I have said so far that the police national computer is exactly that — for use by the police in the United Kingdom . |