Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [prep] the far [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I made no response he turned and gazed at the far line of coral reef that was marked by a fret of white breaking water . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Maidstone turned and shouted towards the far end of the bar : ‘ Franco ! ’ |
| 4 | He let go the clutch , lifted the front wheel and drove at the far bank , sand-spit dead ahead . |
| 5 | Leaving the torch on its ledge , Fernand moved towards the entrance and then stopped , half-turned and gestured to the far wall and the sinister shadow that marked the emptiness below . |
| 6 | Primed with the good advice , but uncertain how far he could follow it , Greg went in through the hall of the cottage , artificially created by modern alterations , and knocked at the far door on the right . |
| 7 | The frogs did as Sergeant advised , and discovered at the far end of the garden , near the brick wall , a fine shady place among a cluster of mossy rocks . |
| 8 | Rincewind swayed back as a wildly thrown stool sailed past and smashed on the far side of the street . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The sun was high and bright as he dropped gently out of the hills towards the vale , faintly misted with vapour , and saw in the far distance before him the mole-hill of Ruthyn , hunched and veiled in the smoke of its house-fires , a delicate blue flower in the sparkling folded green , with the giant hogback of Moel Famau towering beyond . |
| 13 | Dora retrieved her ball without a glance in their direction and marched to the far edge of the green . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Juliet left the office and hurried towards the far end of the ward . |
| 17 | She went with him to see his family in Ireland , and travelled to the far west of that country . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Cranston touched him on the arm and pointed to the far corner , just past the huge gateway . |