Example sentences of "[vb past] got [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 | After praying together , Duff had got as far as the door , when the old man whispered his name . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He had got as far as the packaging and labelling them at his premises prior to taking them to the ship . |
| 6 | 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 . |