Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [verb] [adv] far [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | Furthermore , some branches of physical geography had proceeded as far as they could without an enhanced knowledge of processes . |
2 | By the following winter Michael Horovitz 's New Departures magazine had advanced so far as to put on a live performance at the same venue . |
3 | The whole three-hour operation was painless but tedious , and I dozed off when the thin white line had progressed as far as my X-rayed knees on the screen in front of me . |
4 | I suppose they must be , thought Lydia , shrugging , and wondering also whether the modern tendency , which was American in origin , to tell everybody everything before they 'd even got the first olive off the cocktail stick had percolated as far as here . |
5 | The scaffolding had been cleared away and the plastering had progressed as far as the season would allow . |
6 | JUST when you thought frilly knicker and bra design had gone as far as it could , Sherwood Group is set to go further . |
7 | The weather had recovered so far as to be rainless , breezy , faintly warm . |