Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adv] far as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would seem sensible , therefore , to try and avoid using them as far as possible . |
| 2 | I put one foot on his shoulder and as I climbed up , making room for him , he raised himself and finally stood on the platform , helping me as far as possible . |
| 3 | Government legislation has sharply reduced the scope for this , but a number of councils are still interested in developing it as far as they can . |
| 4 | So far from abandoning our folly , we started pushing it as far as it would go . |
| 5 | She exacerbates all his old anxieties and feelings of ambivalence towards ‘ mothers ’ , and because he can not cope , he defends himself by ignoring her as far as possible . |
| 6 | ‘ I caught sight of him in the garden a moment ago — at least , I 'm pretty sure that brooding silhouette was his , looming in the shrubbery — and he was n't seducing anyone as far as I could see . ’ |
| 7 | They fully considered that there was merit , great merit , in running it as far as the Council was concerned . |
| 8 | The roofs were most often not their own : long since , the community had drawn in from its perimeter , sharing its water , its food and its warmth , and distancing itself so far as might be from the walls and the thud of the cannon . |
| 9 | They were successful in taking it as far as the stairs , but when they tried to bring it down it slipped , nearly killing one of them . |
| 10 | Though I am resigning myself as far as possible to the will of God , you will surely find it quite human and natural that my tears almost prevent me from writing … |