Example sentences of "[Wh adv] far he [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It depended how far he had to drive . |
| 2 | Indeed the aim of the work was to demonstrate how far he had fallen from ancestral glories , in order that his successors might rectify his errors . |
| 3 | As he sipped his beer and sat with his back to the window brooding on the bare wall and the bedhead , he contemplated how far he had fallen and how quickly . |
| 4 | Alec wore a navy-blue romper suit — the outfit of a French workman , or indeed that of some little new-wave narcissist at a C. L. & S. screening It was the sight of him in his issued clothing that made me sense just how far he had fallen . |
| 5 | He encouraged himself with promises that after ten paces he could rest , then demanded of himself that he manage another five and another five until he lost count of how far he 'd come and how far he had to go . |
| 6 | He watched the cars and buses and vans and trucks pass by him , and calculated how far he had to go to get to the next parked car which would shield him from them . |
| 7 | He had not realised quite how far he had walked from his hut . |
| 8 | How far he had come from the silks and blissful hedonic acid and joyspike of the upper habs of Trazior . |