Example sentences of "[vb past] as far [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Adam ever got as far as masturbating , and naturally he sometimes did , he always had the feeling afterwards that his teeth were loose . |
| 2 | She ought to unpack , but she only got as far as getting out Ricky 's photograph in its blue silk frame and putting it beside the bed . |
| 3 | ‘ I got as far as unpacking my summer wear … ! ! ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Nothing happened with the turbine , but the V8 got as far as running in prototype form in the James Bond Esprit , which Rudd used as his personal car for a time . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | And this morning we got as far as did n't we ? |
| 8 | He resigned as Foreign Minister in late October , and secretarial staff got as far as clearing out his offices . |
| 9 | All hell broke loose , Mount Stewart was besieged by the media , and one Fleet Street paper went as far as accusing MacDonald of duplicity . |
| 10 | Dulles on 12 December 1957 went as far as to describe France as " a very weak partner indeed " and one which caused him a lot of anxiety . |
| 11 | At one time , the Club went as far as refusing to allow juveniles a reduced entrance price for the London Road terrace but allowed them half price for other areas . |
| 12 | One tabloid , threatened since with a writ , went as far as to say that he would not be able to find such a sum . |
| 13 | The figure was well below City estimates and one analyst went as far as to say that the detailed announcement ‘ deserves to set the standards for all ’ . |
| 14 | The Education Officer of Matagalpa Prison went as far as to say that when systems of exploitation can be brought to an end , crime as a major social phenomenon will disappear . |
| 15 | After the 1987 hurricane , the Tree Council went as far as to say that ‘ unless positive encouragement is given to owners to restore these woods … they will revert to scrub and never recover . ’ |
| 16 | He went as far as to say that the universities were not convinced of the value of this ‘ experiment ’ and that there were fundamental defects in the way it was being implemented . |
| 17 | Indeed , Stein went as far as to wish his players ‘ all the best for the future . ’ |
| 18 | But with Barnet owing £1.3million and the players and staff unpaid for three weeks , Stein believes it is unlikely the crisis can be averted and went as far as to wish his players ‘ all the best for the future . ’ |
| 19 | Typically , teen magazines like Smash Hits , were soon on the case and presented them as a ‘ new ’ band , although none went as far as dubbing them the customary , overnight success . |
| 20 | The Greek governing party , PASOK , went as far as to create a ‘ Green Guard ’ around the Premier Papandreou . |
| 21 | Even when Shaun and Bez went as far as editing Penthouse for the day , papers tutted and sighed but still printed pictures of the pair grinning like village idiots , surrounded by tits and bums . |
| 22 | John Major did not publicly denounce Mr Churchill , but went as far as hinting that he disapproved . |
| 23 | Stockdale even went as far as praising Laurent for having surveyed , and a foreigner at that , without the knowledge of the language and ‘ by eye alone … without the use of instruments and in the coldest part of the year … in less than two months two towns for some miles in circumference , with all their intricate communications . ’ |
| 24 | One Columbia University student went as far as writing a paper on the novel and its author and was awarded a respectable grade . |
| 25 | Indeed , one correspondent went as far as to call it the ‘ sexiest ’ although that must be debatable . |
| 26 | At one point he even went as far as to tell a group of American diplomats that he expected the United States to take over the " primary role " which the British had hitherto held in the Middle East . |
| 27 | Uncle Joe subjected me to the same torture and humiliation every time we were alone together — although , thankfully , he never actually went as far as raping me . |
| 28 | Garry Bushell , a tabloid journalist , even went as far as to doubt Mr McShane 's status as a ‘ serious sex symbol ’ . |
| 29 | One even went as far as giving a story to a newspaper that the couple would share the same bed in Korea . |
| 30 | They went as far as offering to pay him a retainer on top of his rep salary for two years . |