Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] [prep] the far " in BNC.
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| 1 | He let go the clutch , lifted the front wheel and drove at the far bank , sand-spit dead ahead . |
| 2 | Dora retrieved her ball without a glance in their direction and marched to the far edge of the green . |
| 3 | His words were drowned out by the roar of automatic fire , as another hail of slugs hammered against the metal sheeting of the door and screamed into the far wall . |
| 4 | Doing their best for the glory of Canada , the whole field of eleven swept round the bend and went down the far side as if welded together , and it still seemed when they turned for home that that was how they might finish , in a knot . |
| 5 | But the family simply shrugged and patted the air and went to the far end of the street , and moved into a cottage whose roof did not leak . |
| 6 | With its occupants pushed firmly back into their seats , the Turbo R thumped a hole in the air and lunged for the far horizon , covering the quarter-mile in a staggering 14.8secs on the way . |
| 7 | One night when the last streamers had shivered away against the dawn sky , leaving its heaven blue merely bland , she walked away from her colony and stood at the furthest tip of the ice sheet . |
| 8 | She picked up her coffee and sat on the far end of the wide bunk , feet curled under her , watching him speculatively as she sipped her drink . |
| 9 | She nodded dismissively at Joe , who glared and stamped back to the pigs , and then she came into the milking house and leaned against the far wall , looking across at Jinny . |
| 10 | Juliet left the office and hurried towards the far end of the ward . |
| 11 | Cranston touched him on the arm and pointed to the far corner , just past the huge gateway . |