Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] far as [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paschal 's grant of 1103 certainly extended the primacy to Anselm 's successors , but only so far as it had been ‘ enjoyed by Anselm 's predecessors ’ . |
| 2 | By now Dr Neil was in an agony of desire , the loved one in his arms , so near and yet so far — But not so far as he thought , for McAllister suddenly wanted more from him than he was giving . |
| 3 | By now they were almost halfway down , the drop not so far as it had been , but it was still a long way and Maggie almost crept to the slight shelter of the rocky bank . |
| 4 | Gazzer leaned over as far as he dared and gave her a hand , holding on to her arm while she helped Simon to hoist himself up . |
| 5 | Jack crept up as far as he dared and then froze . |
| 6 | So that was all right as far as it went . |
| 7 | This was all right as far as it went . |
| 8 | He never hit a bad shot off the tee ; it just did n't come back as far as he thought it would . |
| 9 | This was , of course , true as far as it went . |
| 10 | and Graham was hardly ever directly involved — he had , for example , only ever met one of Slater 's ( supposedly many ) lovers , at least as far as he knew . |
| 11 | If she walked twice as far as she rode , how many kilometres did she ride ? |
| 12 | He looked at his watch and told me , yet as far as I knew he had never heard that language before . |
| 13 | Leaning forward as far as she dared , with the great torso of the suit at a right angle to its legs , she made the claws unhook her wrist computer and plug it into one of the empty sockets on the panel . |