Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.

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1 I suppose she just hoped that news of her disappearance had n't made it as far as the Glasgow papers . ’
2 Dealt with me himself , and never told anybody so far as I know . ’
3 The absurd thoughts had got her as far as the foot of that horrible stairway , then she had felt the level floor of another passage beneath her feet .
4 Fate had got him as far as a leading Sheffield estate agents , Blundells .
5 I 'm really sorry , but this has altered everything as far as our plans with you were concerned .
6 Since his surplus stock may be in keen demand he may not be able to supply you — but he can at least point you in the right direction by suggesting alternative sources , ones that have proved themselves so far as he is concerned .
7 They had monitored him as far as Poverty Row , then the Dream had upside-downed .
8 In the north , the German advance from East Prussia had taken them as far as Windau , near the Gulf of Riga .
9 Yet even though Daniel had spread himself as far as he could , including making himself a primitive chapel out of an east-facing bedroom , there was still a good deal of vicarage left over .
10 After all , the stuff has to go somewhere : why not put it as far as possible from people , where it poses no threat to drinking water and little threat ( fisheries apart ) to food ?
11 Unlike its competitors , Eden is still avoiding building in support for wireless data networks in its machines : it 's an attractive market on paper but ‘ we 've looked at the available technology and put together designs , but have n't taken it very far because the pricing just has n't worked ’ says Crisp .
12 We have taken it this far because we wanted some justice .
13 A spokesman said : ‘ We have lost nothing as far as our computer records are concerned and there is no need for policy holders to be concerned .
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