Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] far as [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | No , he had n't seen her for a week before that weekend ; he had missed her — this with a baleful glance towards the door — and had indeed got as far as ringing her up on the Saturday morning , hoping she would come up for Sunday , but had got no answer from her flat . |
2 | No , I must say that things have now gone so far as to justify me in feeling considerable uneasiness about his continued absence . ’ |
3 | She would not have gone so far as to define it as softness . |
4 | Louise had gone so far as to allow him access to her papers and portfolio : he and Simon Scher were working on them now . |
5 | It had once even gone so far as to empty him on to the floor for voicing an intolerant opinion on the Jesuits . |
6 | ‘ THE shareholders must be hoping the bank has n't gone as far as to give him a company credit card ’ — Labour leader John Smith , on ex-Chancellor Norman Lamont 's new employer , Rothschilds Bank . |