Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] go as far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since I ca n't dress the way I like , I try to go as far as I can whilst still making a feeble attempt at femininity . |
| 2 | ‘ I feel that I 've gone as far as I can here , ’ Knowles said . |
| 3 | ‘ I think I 've gone as far as I can with it , ’ said Tony . |
| 4 | Did you have to go as far as that ? |
| 5 | The Principal wrote in November 1967 that the only recourse was ‘ to ensure that every possible safeguard should be written into the constitution of such a scheme ’ , and following local negotiations he considered that ‘ we have gone as far as we are able so far to safeguard the courses and attitudes of this College and we have confidence that the LEA are making every effort to ensure that Diploma in Art and Design ( DipAD ) courses and developments will be given the fullest support , and will not be undermined in any way by the Polytechnic proposals ’ . |
| 6 | Otherwise , the fieldwork strategy in large-scale quantitative studies must be broadly the same as that of Labov : we need to go as far as possible in obtaining casual styles from informants and to develop ways of distinguishing styles on a continuum from ‘ careful ’ to ‘ casual ’ style . |
| 7 | By the time he got to his cab , they had gone as far as Holborn Circus . |
| 8 | Passing lamp-lit windows through which they could see sleeping Japanese soldiers and men talking in small groups , they had gone as far as a machine-gun post among the buildings — probably part of the anti-aircraft defences-when a Japanese soldier came up . |
| 9 | Duncan looked at Myeloski ; they had gone as far as they could with the air-traffic controller . |
| 10 | These may stem from hormonal changes in the woman , from social pressures , from changes in marital or parental role , from career considerations ( especially in the man , who may realise that , at this stage of life , he has gone as far as he is likely to go ) and/or from other causes . |
| 11 | In reaching 24 processor configurations , Pyramid says it has gone as far as it can with the R3000 . |
| 12 | I put it to Andy that it must have been a blow when they split in 1988 , but he , ever the voice of reason , says , ‘ There was no point in trying to keep them together , it had gone as far as they wanted it to go and they wanted to do something different . |
| 13 | He felt he had gone as far as he could in the company and learned as much as he was likely to . |
| 14 | She asked whether he had gone as far as the well-pit and the El-ahrairah of Laburnum . |
| 15 | He had gone as far as he could go . |