Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb past] [vb pp] so far " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it were possible to unfold the entire long history of the world 's religions in such a manner that it could be scrutinised , assimilated and judged in a single all-embracing operation , the verdict would be that it had strayed so far from the basic human need , and so far from the intentions of those good and sincere people who have throughout that history struggled to maintain its integrity , that it might well be condemned outright as a story of failure unmatched by anything else that has ever happened on earth . |
| 2 | North once told Secord that he had gone so far as to mention to the President that the Ayatollah was helping the contras . |
| 3 | It seemed to him that he had come so far in discovering so much about his problem but was unable to bring about any substantial change . |
| 4 | Hunt meant that no matter how well he now did , Niki had to do considerably less well than he had done so far if he , James , was going to have any chance to catch him . |
| 5 | That afternoon he saw the King , who tried to dissuade him , but , as lying George V recorded it : ‘ He assured me that it was absolutely necessary for him to appeal to the Country as he had gone so far that it was not possible for him to change his mind . ’ ’ |