Example sentences of "[vb past] get [adv] far [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd got as far as the top step on that flight when the phone went again . |
| 2 | A few minutes later , when she 'd got as far as wrapping herself in her host 's dressing-gown , Penry Vaughan knocked loudly on the door . |
| 3 | It 's taken longer than I thought to get as far as this . |
| 4 | Severus managed to get as far as the Montrose region and perhaps briefly beyond that : tantalizingly , in 1869 labourers on the Duke of Sutherland 's railway extension to Helmsdale and ultimately to Thurso in distant Caithness unearthed a collection of Roman bronze coins in a region never held and supposedly never reached by imperial forces . |
| 5 | Edgar managed to get as far as the door . |
| 6 | Because of my injury I did get as far as the Spanish Steps and the shops in Rome , but that was the extent of my sightseeing . |
| 7 | After praying together , Duff had got as far as the door , when the old man whispered his name . |
| 8 | She had got as far as pulling out her suitcase , which looked scruffier than ever now that her eyes had accustomed themselves to the comfortable luxury of Luke Hunter 's flat , and laying it open on the bed before something inside her rebelled . |
| 9 | He had got as far as the packaging and labelling them at his premises prior to taking them to the ship . |
| 10 | When I saw it the other night , tucked inside the cello part of one of the piano trios we play , she had got as far as ‘ State 7 — Moderate Gale : Intervals of laughter . |
| 11 | ‘ Had to get as far as possible from the wife , ’ the man answered . |
| 12 | By the time we worked it loose and got aboard again , Dennis 's initial fit had passed , but he was still adamant that he wanted to get as far as the Thames . |