Example sentences of "[noun sg] so far [conj] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 It sounded as if he needed another pair of hands for the trip ahead — which was another reprieve so far as Robbie was concerned .
2 I beat the school 's fastest runner in the 100 metres sprint , breaking the finishing tape just before the other runners manage to leave their starting blocks ; I smash the school long jump record by 15 metres ( give or take a metre ) and I hurl the discus so far that Miss Harrison , the teacher in charge of the event , has to get her battered Mini from the car park to retrieve the discus for the next competitor ( who manages a measly 25cm ) .
3 But they came the closest to looking like husband and wife so far when Charles handed Diana his pen after signing the visitors ' book at an Anglican Cathedral .
4 This is the clearest evidence so far that Mr Gorbachev is willing to change his government 's plans in order to share authority with the federation council — the first step towards wider talks .
5 We happen to lie in the line of sight so far as Algol is concerned ( or nearly so ) ; if we were observing from a different vantage point there would be no eclipses , and Algol would shine steadily .
6 The churchyard had emptied , the wedding-carriages had rolled away , taking their fragile gaiety with them to another world so far as Cara was concerned .
7 Obree and Williamson are not on this year 's start sheet so far and Gibson is top seed .
8 It was the worst raid so far but Maureen who had not yet returned to driving was with her mother in the shelter and Anne , who finished work at ten o'clock , had reached home , dodging from shelter to shelter .
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