Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv] far [conj] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 The following year the Scots penetrated as far as Swaledale and Richmondshire , burning villages and seizing or killing resisters : on this occasion Holme Cultram abbey lost livestock valued at £500 .
2 Without using any money , some of the escapees got as far as North Wales , Yorkshire , and Scotland .
3 There was some congestion along the coast , compounded by the bottlenecks at Connah 's Quay , where Down fast and slow lines converged as far as Muspratt 's Sidings , and again at Llandulas .
4 Elf clippers sailed as far as Nippon and Cathay in search of goods .
5 In 517 a major invasion occurred when Slav horsemen advanced as far as Thermopylae and Epirus .
6 If the buses came as far as Clifton Road it would be alright but any further away and people would have practically walked into town by the time they got to the nearest bus stop . ’
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