Example sentences of "[pers pn] get [adv] far as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got as far as Grantchester and I thought , fuck it , yes , why not ? |
| 2 | ‘ I got as far as unpacking my summer wear … ! ! ’ |
| 3 | At the Moravian Church we had fine Advent hymns , and once I got as far as Bunyan Meeting and heard theirs . |
| 4 | I got as far as nine . |
| 5 | The only thing that was quite extraordinary was what I found when I got as far as the back premises . |
| 6 | I finished equal fifth and , although I got as far as the final qualifying round for the Open and won through two rounds of the Amateur Championship , that was to be my best result for the year . |
| 7 | When I got as far as the door I dragged myself upright again , turned the handle , and lurched in . |
| 8 | I got as far as Birmingham , and then was called into the manager 's office . |
| 9 | Lastly , I got as far as Mansfield last night , on my way to the Villa match . |
| 10 | I thought I was quite a reasonable driver , I got as far as running at the front in World Sports Car Championships erm finished on the podium several times in International Formula Three erm |
| 11 | ‘ If you got as far as Spargo 's you must have seen him go under the scaffolding . ’ |
| 12 | Never mind you got as far as you could , so at least you got that far Deirdre . |
| 13 | You got as far as you were at the wedding |
| 14 | But among all these doubts it had not occurred to her that if she got as far as 42b Milvain Street , and rang the bell , Edward would not open the door . |
| 15 | She got as far as the bathroom and was half undressed when the doorbell rang , making her start . |
| 16 | She got as far as the other side of the wide bed before being dragged back and pinned beneath fitzAlan 's forceful weight for the second time that night . |
| 17 | I , I shall be seeing the you know in a few weeks time the daughter she 's a , she 's er Rene that was erm Eddie , who were very big pals of mine and we go to the anniversary lunch together so we 're all over eighty but erm you could n't the bread shop , was another confectioner 's shop , and then turning round the corner you come to another shop , up two steps , which was and that was another type of confectionery and shop , then you get as far as the corn and seed people er they used to have a shop in Street as well , and then before the First World War there was the butchers and they sold foreign meat . |
| 18 | And this morning we got as far as did n't we ? |
| 19 | They said they would send it , they got so far as taking her address , but she changed her mind , she wanted to wear it that night . |
| 20 | They got as far as Eldinhope at the head of St Mary 's Loch before the early November dark made following the tracks of even five hundred difficult ; and the Regent and Ramsay spent the night in that remote peel-tower of a Scott laird . |
| 21 | They got as far as ‘ I 'm a Forrester , I score for Leeds , I hate Man U and I hate Chel-sea ’ , plus the line ‘ I put on women 's clothing , like Eric Cantona ’ . |
| 22 | He got as far as the lawn , just out there , and then he stopped and stood , seemingly just staring at the house . |
| 23 | He got as far as lifting his head and getting one shoulder off the seat , but then collapsed back onto the leather , and let his eyes close . |
| 24 | He got as far as twelve , then he looked puzzled . |
| 25 | He got as far as Rugby before he was caught . |
| 26 | If it gets as far as a decision , it will prove the leading case for some time on the thorny issue of what duty regulators owe the customers of the regulated . |