Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] get [adv] far [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said ooh cos I said when I come here we 're always so busy I said I only get as far as er er the kitchen do n't I ? |
| 2 | I left early before the nuns were awake but I only got as far as Glasgow before I lost my way . ’ |
| 3 | I never got as far as the wedding , Mum , but it was unlucky , was n't it ? ’ |
| 4 | I never got as far as his nose . |
| 5 | I never got as far as the meat inspector , actually … just saw one of the slaughtermen " |
| 6 | She ought to unpack , but she only got as far as getting out Ricky 's photograph in its blue silk frame and putting it beside the bed . |
| 7 | erm we really got as far as the neutrons and the protons . |
| 8 | Walter claims to have journeyed as a student to Nepal ( 'did n't everyone ? ' ) for purification , but Vivien reminds him that he only got as far as Ostend . |
| 9 | Nik Cohn , that indefatigable chronicler of popular culture , set out to walk Broadway in its entirety — but he only got as far as 42nd Street . |