Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] get [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd got as far as the top step on that flight when the phone went again . |
| 2 | It 's taken longer than I thought to get as far as this . |
| 3 | Because of my injury I did get as far as the Spanish Steps and the shops in Rome , but that was the extent of my sightseeing . |
| 4 | So that 's why I ended up doing science and I 've got this far so I ca n't be bad at it . |
| 5 | A few minutes later , when she 'd got as far as wrapping herself in her host 's dressing-gown , Penry Vaughan knocked loudly on the door . |
| 6 | She had got as far as pulling out her suitcase , which looked scruffier than ever now that her eyes had accustomed themselves to the comfortable luxury of Luke Hunter 's flat , and laying it open on the bed before something inside her rebelled . |
| 7 | When I saw it the other night , tucked inside the cello part of one of the piano trios we play , she had got as far as ‘ State 7 — Moderate Gale : Intervals of laughter . |
| 8 | Right , so anyway , we 've got as far as that and your everything seems alright eh ? |
| 9 | We have got this far and ignored a lot of work regarding issues of land rent and of the nature of capital 's relation with land as part of a general accumulation process . |
| 10 | but , er , I do n't think they 've got as far as yours have |
| 11 | He had got as far as the packaging and labelling them at his premises prior to taking them to the ship . |
| 12 | By the time we worked it loose and got aboard again , Dennis 's initial fit had passed , but he was still adamant that he wanted to get as far as the Thames . |