Example sentences of "[pron] go [adv] far [subord] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But I do not believe that one goes as far as going to the figure that the County Council is proposing . |
| 3 | Not only do they tolerate the fast-food shops serving up nutriment that top breeders would n't recommend for Fido , they go as far as purchasing two expensive weeks in a gruesome timeshare apartment , and sit smoking all day on a balcony overlooking the A9 . |
| 4 | They went as far as offering to pay him a retainer on top of his rep salary for two years . |
| 5 | Even if people in this state are able to get themselves going as far as applying for jobs and are offered interviews , they fail to get them because the image they put across is one of a lackadaisical , flattened dullard — and who would want to employ someone who 's in that state ? |