Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] far as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I got as far as unpacking my summer wear … ! ! ’ |
| 2 | I thought I was quite a reasonable driver , I got as far as running at the front in World Sports Car Championships erm finished on the podium several times in International Formula Three erm |
| 3 | Typically , teen magazines like Smash Hits , were soon on the case and presented them as a ‘ new ’ band , although none went as far as dubbing them the customary , overnight success . |
| 4 | And this morning we got as far as did n't we ? |
| 5 | One went so far as to describe her life as ‘ tragic ’ . |
| 6 | They said they would send it , they got so far as taking her address , but she changed her mind , she wanted to wear it that night . |
| 7 | They tell me that Mr. Stavanger has a magnificent record , and is very highly thought of in shipping circles — indeed , they went so far as to say that they 'd recommend the bank 's board to support him through thick and thin . |
| 8 | Indeed , they went so far as to propose that there should be a separate planning code for minerals . |
| 9 | Their discussions included the merger of the Falange and the Traditionalist movement and they went so far as to commission a draft document outlining the project . |
| 10 | They went as far as offering to pay him a retainer on top of his rep salary for two years . |
| 11 | He got as far as lifting his head and getting one shoulder off the seat , but then collapsed back onto the leather , and let his eyes close . |
| 12 | He went as far as to say that the universities were not convinced of the value of this ‘ experiment ’ and that there were fundamental defects in the way it was being implemented . |
| 13 | Protagoras found gender assignation in Greek inconsistent and illogical — for example , there were cases when two words referring to the same thing had different genders — and he went so far as to advocate reform ( he was ridiculed for this by Aristophanes , and the attempt was unsuccessful ) . |
| 14 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that he was almost dreading stepping on to the golf course , full of grim forebodings on the practice ground and no better on the practice green . |
| 15 | One morning he went so far as to say to Nikos that he thought the affair was now over . |
| 16 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that Britain 's justice system had been badly bruised by the Government 's failure in this respect . |
| 17 | He went so far as to state that had Hougoumont fallen , the battle might well have been lost . |
| 18 | He went so far as to bang on the door of Evert 's home in an effort to see Steffi . |
| 19 | In January 1881 he went so far as to recommend the involvement of zemstvo and municipal duma representatives in commissions appointed to consider reform of peasant affairs and local government . |
| 20 | When his first wife died in 1751 , he went so far as to obtain a licence to marry a certain Hannah Laskey . |
| 21 | Anselm himself never quoted this analogy , but he went so far as to warn the pope that if he gave an adverse judgement in the dispute between Canterbury and York ‘ I would on no account remain in England ; for I neither ought to , nor can allow the primacy of our church to be destroyed while I am alive . ’ |
| 22 | Indeed he went so far as to suggest that pupils might be involved in evaluating the curriculum in the future . |
| 23 | In 1831 and 1833 he went so far as to attack the Turks , until Britain and Russia intervened to protect the Ottoman empire from disintegration . |
| 24 | Like a beggar , he went so far as to pluck at Meredith 's sleeve . |
| 25 | On at least one occasion , he went so far as to express the hope that his own son would succeed him as monarch . |
| 26 | Furthermore , he went so far as to express readiness to try to gain approval from Falkenhayn for the termination of all operations at Verdun . |
| 27 | In June 1960 he went so far as to write to Ashby himself — by then Sir Eric and the Master of Clare College , Cambridge — setting out the case and asking whether he would make personal representations to the Minister to secure unilateral treatment for the Eastern District . |