Example sentences of "as they [vb mod] go " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a bright lady from one of the northern co-ops came up to me later with the simple answer : they were looking at the prices and making their choice on that basis in much the same manner as they might go into a butcher 's shop with a price tag for the weekend shopping firmly implanted in their minds . |
| 2 | Tugging the cuffs down over his hands as far as they would go , he worked his cuffed wrists down his back and round his behind . |
| 3 | When Aggie swung round with a lightness that always denied her heavy bulk and made hastily for the door , Millie flew after her and , jumping in front of her , threw her arms around her waist as far as they would go , crying , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 4 | The curtains were drawn back as far as they would go , and whenever she looked up the green-brown panorama confronted her and the pale bowl of sky . |
| 5 | He wanted to run his fingers up as far as they would go , but he remained motionless , like a frozen frame in a black and white film . |
| 6 | I 'd take a stool , stack up coins as high as they 'd go , and have the barman bring me a two-bit shot every couple of minutes , removing the price himself , until the tower was gone . |
| 7 | This is fine so far as it goes , but even Marxist approaches have not always taken things as far as they should go . |
| 8 | By the beginning of this century , however , the towers had gone as far as they could go . |
| 9 | As they got older they accompanied their parents in the evening too , running as fast as they could go for fear of being late for the six o'clock open air meeting in one of the streets . |
| 10 | They rode back up the valley as fast as they could go . |
| 11 | I merely want to open all the doors as far as they will go at the moment . ’ |
| 12 | Shafts of piercing sunlight slowly push their curious fingers through the dusty waters as far down as they will go . |
| 13 | First , that interest rates are as high as they can go politically , certainly while the party conference is in session . |
| 14 | When the affected characters get to the east wall ( or as far as they can go in that direction if other characters stop them ) , they are attacked . |
| 15 | Be careful to spread the legs , not as far as they can go , but only as far as is comfortable . |
| 16 | Well I think so , I think erm as long as they can go and work with children and then they 've got the time when they can leave off and come , but it 's having the whole time , well then they 've children all their life have n't they ? |