Example sentences of "forward as far [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Bending riskily forward as far as she could , with her arm at full stretch from the end of the rope , Sheila at last managed to grasp his hand .
2 Leaning forward as far as she dared , with the great torso of the suit at a right angle to its legs , she made the claws unhook her wrist computer and plug it into one of the empty sockets on the panel .
3 They were both straining to reach , leaning forward as far as they could , agonisingly aware that the door and its ring handle that might have given them some leverage were out of their reach , when another sound fell on their ears .
4 When the body is bent forward as far as it will go , the leg muscles are held tense and the position maintained for a count of ten .
5 The student sits on the floor and opens his legs in front of him , pushing his body weight forward as far as it will go .
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