Example sentences of "get as far [subord] [pron] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	Women are faced with making a choice between the needs of their children and their own needs , and that is one of the things which , because they 've put the needs of their children , the needs of their dependents , ahead of their own needs , they themselves and the needs of women have not got as far as they could .
2	but , er , I do n't think they 've got as far as yours have
3	Thank you Mr Mayor I just wanted t to come in with two fairly quick points er as to why I will not be able to support this amendment , but the first is that the leader of the council has indicated that the efficiency savings erm has got as far as it can go and that , you know , we have been trimming at the margins and there is no more margin left and that leads you to believe that perhaps one should be looking at somewhat more er root and branch type of pruning in the spending that that the labour group want to actually erm deal with , er and the second point I would like to make , and er I thank councillor for giving us a a a a new word tonight obfuscation because that describes exactly what I think the labour group are trying to do by bringing this figure down it removes the embarrassment they would have from having to add on a substantial sum of money f due to the failure to collect the cou er the community charge in previous years and I think that they are trying by by this amendment with some very quick foot work to try and delude the people of this city .
4	Got as far as you could only use five hundred and forty odd or something was it
5	and get as far as we can and break off about half past twelve for an hour
6	Never mind you got as far as you could , so at least you got that far Deirdre .
7	You got as far as you were at the wedding
8	I never got as far as his nose .
9	She would hardly have been able to get as far as she had already without a very strong image of the outlines of the world , of her own personal dream .

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