Example sentences of "[adv] far [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Travelling from the northern tip of Scotland to the southern cliffs of England is tough enough … 1200 muscle sapping miles … but Derek Hegarty and Neil Pascoe are doing it an even harder way … they 're competing in their own marathon triathlon … which is running swimming and cycling … so far they 've run up Ben Nevis … |
| 2 | So far they 've spent twenty four hours at the house … and in the best tradition of ghost stories , things really DID go bump in the night . |
| 3 | ‘ So far they 've had good bushel weights . ’ |
| 4 | So far they 've had no pension . |
| 5 | But so far they 've had only one reply . |
| 6 | So far they 've managed to isolate an ingredient which kills human sperm extremely quickly and efficiently . |
| 7 | So far they 've got £8,000 together by putting on raves , but they still need £2,000 . |
| 8 | So far they 've got barely half that amount . |
| 9 | He 'd had ideas about them buying somewhere of their own , but so far they 'd had to stay as ideas . |
| 10 | But so far they 'd drawn a blank in that direction . |
| 11 | So far they had done precisely that , which made it all the more extraordinary that Julius should be here now , in her flat , actively seeking her out for the first time since he had overridden all his basic instincts and principles and strode out of her life ; away from the disastrous shambles of their marriage . |
| 12 | So far they had smashed sixteen windows , burnt nine desks , singed the hair of several pupils and set someone 's jacket alight . |
| 13 | So far they have gained little official recognition and therefore do not automatically qualify for government grants to students . |
| 14 | So far they have achieved by international consent beauty of sound ; that is already a notable accomplishment . |
| 15 | So far they have received nothing from the Government , little EC assistance and are running out of funds donated by individuals and industry . |
| 16 | So far they have got away with their high-pressure selling techniques and the only people who have lost out have been the customers who were faced with massive charges they had neither understood nor anticipated . |
| 17 | So far they have found nothing , but his claims are being taken seriously , police said . |
| 18 | So far they have had four cell meetings with time to share their situations , discuss , pray , and relax , together . |
| 19 | So far they have produced a list of 16 blocks of work ! |
| 20 | So far they have set up Parish Maps , New Milestones and recently Trees , Woods and the Green Man projects — the last being connected to the Orchards exhibition . |
| 21 | Judging from the reception at every performance so far they have succeeded . |
| 22 | ‘ The Japanese bow low to the knees and say yes , but so far we 've seen no results , ’ said one . |
| 23 | So far we 've seen the highlights of Central News up to the end of nineteen eighty-eight when the programme was broadcast from Birmingham . |
| 24 | Erm it does mean that we 've got , so far we 've gone through twenty two thousand policies , we 're still in December erm anniversary dates erm so there 's twenty thousand waiting to be printed two thousand were printed last night and they 're going straight out the door , today . |
| 25 | The appeal started on the January 4 , 1988 , and so far we 've raised over £18,000 . |
| 26 | But on the whole I think so far we 've brushed through quite well with him . ’ |
| 27 | Now so far we 've talked about things like recharging the batteries . |
| 28 | So far we 've looked at the news over the past ten years . |
| 29 | So far we 've looked at Spitting Image , Blockbusters , Tom Jones and Inspector Morse . |
| 30 | So far we 've had door handles coming off in our hands , sticking windows , a rotten floorboard and a pretty coal-effect fire that produced no heat . |