Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] gone [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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1 | In all my years on newspapers , I 've never gone as far as breaking and entering . |
2 | She lowered her lashes , said bitterly , ‘ I — I 've never gone as far as I did last night with you ! ’ |
3 | Some providers have already gone as far as to produce prospectuses outlining their services . |
4 | Nutley ( 1982 ) , analysing these data , suggests that decline may have proceeded mainly by frequency reductions which have not gone as far as complete closures . |
5 | At present the authorities have not gone so far as this . |
6 | The courts have not gone so far as to give a cause of action in damages for the breach of such a promise , but they have refused to allow the party making it to act inconsistently with it . |
7 | No , I must say that things have now gone so far as to justify me in feeling considerable uneasiness about his continued absence . ’ |
8 | Some ingenious souls have even gone so far as to suggest that the correct attitude to fat , which makes sense in nutritional , agronomic and culinary terms is to aim in general at eating a low-fat diet , and at one in which most of the fat in the diet is polyunsaturated : but to ensure that the small amount of saturated fat that did creep in is as delectable as possible , which , of course , with slight deference to beef dripping , means butter . |
9 | Some dealers have even gone so far as to pass off their businesses as zoos ( see BBC WILDLIFE , November , p798 ) . |