Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] gone [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.

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1 In all my years on newspapers , I 've never gone as far as breaking and entering .
2 She lowered her lashes , said bitterly , ‘ I — I 've never gone as far as I did last night with you ! ’
3 Some providers have already gone as far as to produce prospectuses outlining their services .
4 No , I must say that things have now gone so far as to justify me in feeling considerable uneasiness about his continued absence . ’
5 Some ingenious souls have even gone so far as to suggest that the correct attitude to fat , which makes sense in nutritional , agronomic and culinary terms is to aim in general at eating a low-fat diet , and at one in which most of the fat in the diet is polyunsaturated : but to ensure that the small amount of saturated fat that did creep in is as delectable as possible , which , of course , with slight deference to beef dripping , means butter .
6 Some dealers have even gone so far as to pass off their businesses as zoos ( see BBC WILDLIFE , November , p798 ) .
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