Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] go so far " in BNC.

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1 She even goes so far as to say her grandmother does the warm-up exercises , using tins of soup instead of weights , though her husband Richard Gere sticks to Tai Chi and riding his bike .
2 We even went so far as to put together a group and do some touring ; we did a club tour of the States and a mini-tour in Japan , too .
3 Nay , they even go so far as to lay odds that before Christmas he lands a force in England or Ireland .
4 But it only goes so far .
5 train , train never went back it always went so far and stop
6 ‘ Would he really go so far ? ’
7 He even goes so far , as to claim that ‘ notionally , in the short term you could achieve the necessary revenue only with the IBM customers …
8 He even goes so far as to fabricate his signature in a way similar to Pound 's , so that it forms a kind of hieroglyph .
9 He even went so far as to say he missed her and Pilade , and would be glad to be home .
10 He even went so far as to imprison Rodrigo 's wife Ximena , and his children ; and though he soon released them he refused to listen to El Cid 's demand to settle his innocence by right of combat .
11 He even went so far as to say that he would n't do the picture without her .
12 He even went so far as to demand universal manhood suffrage and annually-elected parliaments .
13 But he never went so far as to say that his intention was to qualify for legal aid , the court said .
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