Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] as far " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if he were truculently stating that he had gone as far towards her as he was prepared to go . |
| 2 | He felt he had gone as far as he could in the company and learned as much as he was likely to . |
| 3 | She asked whether he had gone as far as the well-pit and the El-ahrairah of Laburnum . |
| 4 | He had gone as far as he could go . |
| 5 | He had got as far as the packaging and labelling them at his premises prior to taking them to the ship . |
| 6 | Perhaps he was looking for a drink by the time he had climbed as far as the Piazza where three renaissance palaces , a town hall and cathedral confront each other across an open space of such lively dignity and harmony as to make the lack of tourist cafes completely forgivable . |
| 7 | He had been a scholarship boy himself , and he wished to ensure as far as possible that families without financial resources should be enabled to send their boys to the School . |
| 8 | By the time we worked it loose and got aboard again , Dennis 's initial fit had passed , but he was still adamant that he wanted to get as far as the Thames . |