Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] go [adv] far [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | She knew she had gone too far when his eyes narrowed to glittering blue slits . |
2 | By the time he got to his cab , they had gone as far as Holborn Circus . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Duncan looked at Myeloski ; they had gone as far as they could with the air-traffic controller . |
5 | Indeed they had gone so far as to bring one Nicoleyva , from the Soviet Union to plead with British men and women to do just this , and open a second front in Europe . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | North once told Secord that he had gone so far as to mention to the President that the Ayatollah was helping the contras . |
8 | He felt he had gone as far as he could in the company and learned as much as he was likely to . |
9 | She asked whether he had gone as far as the well-pit and the El-ahrairah of Laburnum . |
10 | He had gone as far as he could go . |