Example sentences of "the [noun sg] went so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , the Conducator went so far as to command the peasants to ‘ maintain the customs and dress of our great-great fore-bears , so that they shall always be in our memory . |
| 2 | The reason the plan went so sadly askew was the not-wholly-unexpected but extremely untimely death of Laura Stratton herself , though whether this was occasioned by her own complicity , excitement , remorse — whatever ! — we shall never really know . |
| 3 | The process went so far in Algeria earlier this year that the army cancelled the results of general elections when it became clear that the Islamic Salvation Front would win an overwhelming victory . |
| 4 | TODAY has been told the letter went so far as to claim she had betrayed her husband , her sons and , above all , the Queen . |
| 5 | You said , Masklin , that the plane went so fast it left its sound behind , and so high up there was blue all around it . |
| 6 | The couple went so far as to have Chris Nixon , one of the best unit publicists in the business , fired . |