Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] far as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dung only penetrated as far as my upper thigh as we struck up the devastated hillside towards Meall a' Choire Leith . |
| 2 | The sparrow was n't too badly injured as far as I could tell , but it was obviously in a state of shock and could n't fly . |
| 3 | In March 1939 the CRREC claimed that ‘ Not only are Jewish children with no particular religious affiliation being placed in non Jewish homes and schools , utterly abandoned as far as their religious education is concerned , but even children who have been brought up in a religious atmosphere … are being callously placed in non Jewish schools and homes , where they suffer mental torture which , in at least one case , has brought the child to the verge of a nervous breakdown . ’ |
| 4 | True , at death our essence is finally overcome so far as its actualisation in space and time goes , but as long as we live we can go on realizing it in as full a form as circumstances allow . |
| 5 | As the PAL:YPE recalls , this impression was based on a combination of physical environment , staff vision , and an existing commitment to an infrastructure including a permanent part-time library assistant : School A I was impressed with , because they too had already started to talk about resource-based learning and they already had as far as I remember … ( now my memory is fairly vague now because it is quite a long time ago ) … but as far as I remember they had a Headmaster , who was extremely interested , very keen indeed , and they had a committee already set up , I think to look into this . |
| 6 | However , when he neared the blank concrete wall , he saw an opening to his right and found he had merely reached a ninety degree turn , round which the tunnel still stretched as far as his torch beam could reach . |
| 7 | will always support as far as it is possible to do so . |
| 8 | According to tests with the missile in the US , of the missiles that successfully penetrate as far as their target , half will land within about 12 m of the aiming point . |
| 9 | The keys to the Cathedral were widely distributed as far as I can make out . ’ |
| 10 | The reasons most women offer for extramarital sex — boredom and a need for drama and excitement — ring fairly hollow as far as I am concerned . |
| 11 | The ceremony of innocence was well drowned as far as they were concerned . |
| 12 | She did not even go as far as her room — the sound of the door being unlocked , opening and closing again should surely not carry down to the hall . |
| 13 | I never got as far as his nose . |
| 14 | She lowered her lashes , said bitterly , ‘ I — I 've never gone as far as I did last night with you ! ’ |