Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] so far " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trying to be positive about her inability so far to have a child , Wendy says she tells herself that the whole experience has made her a stronger person . |
| 2 | Lucinda lay , gazing upward , thinking about her mother so far away in London and about last night 's misfortune , which would have pleased the Countess greatly : three miserable women spending the night on a hard station bench . |
| 3 | Eighteen months later , the DTI inspectors have little to show for their work so far , apart from a bill to the taxpayer which Esquire estimates in excess of £1 million . |
| 4 | At the ripe old age of twenty-six , I had half-decided to take stock of my life so far and try to decide what to do . |
| 5 | This is the world that I enjoy , and that I have spent the second half of my life so far in exploring and learning about . |
| 6 | I have just done it for the only time in the 23,400,000 minutes of my life so far , and I doubt if I 'll do it again , so call these odds one in 25 million . |
| 7 | The last few days have been the worst of my life so far . |
| 8 | It was , I think , the worst moment of my life so far . |
| 9 | Fifth , last night was the most important night of my life so far , and I 'd very much like to know if you meant what you said to me when we were making love , Virginia . |
| 10 | The Guv'nor told me to ride Ile de Bourbon in the big race telling me that I knew what he could do and that win was the biggest of my career so far but I 'll always remember Lester who had finished nearly last padding disconsolately into the weighing room and asking me ‘ Did you know your horse had improved so much ’ . |
| 11 | This lot wrote the music score to the ‘ art ’ porn film starring Antonio De Sancha and as that 's been the highlight of their career so far , it can only get better . |
| 12 | Although the quantity of its output so far may not satisfy some observers , there is every reason to believe that , over the next year , preparers , auditors and users will be suffering from indigestion as a result of the material about to emerge from the pipeline . |
| 13 | On the evidence of her marksmanship so far , the safest place to shelter would probably be squarely before the target . |
| 14 | This time Radford did not let her chance slip away and she clinched the biggest victory of her career so far . |
| 15 | Perhaps the rather strict parson would not approve of her travelling so far on a Sunday . |
| 16 | This was the story of his life so far and here he had the chance to change it and he knew he should and he wanted to , but there was a part of him that grew stronger everyday and which told him not to bother . |
| 17 | But the history of his life so far shows ( and he freely admits it ) that old John Barleycorn lies in wait for him with implacable patience . |
| 18 | This he has performed , but owing to the hurry , consequent on his departure for Australia , — an expedition from which the science of Ornithology will derive such great advantages , — he was compelled to leave some part of his manuscript so far incomplete , that without the possibility of person communication with him , I was left in doubt on some essential points . |
| 19 | If the flavour of his text so far is to be believed , Bozzy was as much a soldiering man as Coleridge , which is saying less than very little . |
| 20 | Ram has published a message to the world which gives details of his trip so far and carries information on the reason for his extraordinary journey . |
| 21 | A month later , just before he was about to set off on his journey ‘ into the interior by way of Namoi , Gould wrote to Sir John Franklin in Hobart of his progress so far : ‘ After spending a fortnight in the lowland brushes I proceeded to the upper districts and the Liverpool ranges whence I have just returned having made several discoveries of new species both of Birds and Quadrupeds , of the latter I believe I have two new kinds of Kangaroo . ’ |
| 22 | The result of his planning so far is what he calls ‘ the R&D Initiative for the NHS ’ — something that he recognises must be visible and simple so that he can present it ‘ succinctly ’ to boardrooms and to nonspecialist health professionals , such as managers . |
| 23 | He then cleverly pauses , to see what the crowd thinks of his speech so far . |
| 24 | He then , as Brutus did , cleverly stops for a pause , to see what the crowd think of his speech so far . |
| 25 | TERRY HALL , ex-Specials front man and Fun Boy Three leader , has highlights of his career so far , ‘ Terry Hall The Collection ’ , issued through Chrysalis this week . |
| 26 | He thought of the pattern of his visit so far ; the revelation of Rose McGarry 's death ; the discovery of the swan ; Jos 's warning ( had it been Jos 's strong arm holding him back in the dream ? ) ; and this most recent sign , which at the very least told him that someone had entered his room , his own sanctuary . |
| 27 | This exercise is a review of your life so far . |
| 28 | What do you consider to be the most formative experiences of your life so far , the painful as well as the good ? |
| 29 | In your book you mentioned the two great loves of your life so far , Mike Todd and Richard Burton — what were their special qualities ? |
| 30 | What is the most satisfying moment of your career so far ? |