Example sentences of "[pers pn] to [art] far [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This last brings me to a further point .
2 ‘ And that brings me to a further reason for my summoning you here today .
3 When the carrier acknowledges that he holds for and on behalf of the buyer , e.g. by accepting and acting upon the buyer 's instructions not to convey the goods as far as their original destination or to convey them to a further destination , or
4 After making each man check that his own line was securely attached , he moved them to the far end of the cage and sat them down on the wooden bench .
5 Some of these were to be offered as votives in the temple 's sanctuaries : others entered a trading network which might take them to the farthest ends of the island or overseas .
6 Cumberland , an eye-witness recorded , ‘ jumped around the room with joy ’ on learning he could resume his pursuit of the rebels , ‘ and declared that he would follow them to the further part of Scotland . ’
7 She took him to the far aisle and showed him the salt tablets .
8 Peter had heard all this , sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of tea , and a sandwich made for him by Anna to sustain him to the far side of compline .
9 She hustled him to the far side of the street .
10 Alexander was too far gone in his cups to detect the sarcasm but he looked at Corbett , licked his lips greedily and , snatching up a brimming cup , lurched to his feet and gestured Corbett to follow him to the far end of the room .
11 When the boy gave no answer , the old man took him by the arm and propelled him to the far end of the room , down the narrow stairway , through the tiny door and back to the safety of his own bedroom .
12 The teller of tall tales poked Rex in the chest with his pistol and steered him to the far end of the room .
13 These journeys took him to the furthest extent of the colonies , from Lake Ontario to Virginia and into the Carolinas and Florida .
14 She slipped under the bedclothes and switched on the reading lamp , adamant that she would shove him to the furthest corner of her mind , but the minute she opened her book her brain started working again , throwing up images of him , the way he smiled , that confident knowing look in his eyes when he addressed her .
15 He led her to the far room where she had found Leo .
16 The river was in flood and tradition maintains that Coilus was able to cross only by leaping onto a large rock in mid-stream and from it to the farther bank .
17 He attempted to dribble a Stephen Brown back-pass from out of his goal area but the ball broke for Ferris who chipped it to the far post where the lurking McBride made it four with a diving header .
18 Mitchell 's pass found Wright , who slipped but regained possession of the ball and squared it to the far post , where McGinlay was lying in wait to beat Nelson from inside the six-yard box .
19 Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required .
20 It snatched one of the sticks that Philip was holding and dragged it to the far side of the feeding-place , barking .
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