Example sentences of "and [verb] [Wh adv] far [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 What really matters is an attempt to limit a hypothesis , derived from a theory , and to see how far it can withstand rigorous testing .
2 When I go skiing I want dozens of fast tows to whisk me to the top of runs and ensure I do n't have to queue for 20 minutes behind a junior racing team , trying to unclip each other 's bindings and seeing how far they can spit .
3 After some three months have passed it is often wise to conduct a full review of the new systems and to discover how far they have progressed .
4 Then they turn against him and show how far he has been deluded .
5 In the next chapter we consider morbidity patterns in later life and consider how far they reflect the patterns described by mortality data .
6 In order to spell , one has to combine both kinds of sequence , one has to think of the syllables in the word in the correct order and remember them and remember how far you got , and also remember the sequence of visual symbols , i.e. letters on paper .
7 In being who he was : that was his vocation , and discovering how far he could go and even , fatally , what he could get away with .
8 Indeed , it may be that the best approach to the design of guidelines for empirical evaluation is to begin with familiar and well-tried procedures for the elicitation and observation of data and see how far they can be adapted to serve a pedagogic purpose .
9 Once you go through reception they do n't know what you 're like , or what your background is , but they tend to be rough with you and push you and see how far they can go — and most of the girls crack .
10 Egg and spoon race — place your egg in a dessertspoon and see how far you can run without dropping the egg .
11 And see how far you go with that .
12 All right , lad , we will act stupid and see how far it takes us .
13 If my mother wants me off the Project , she can damn well go through channels and see how far it gets her . ’
14 No , cos it 's , you just watch somebody smack a ball as hard as they can with the one wood and see how far it goes .
15 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 .
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