Example sentences of "far as [noun prp] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It was quite a crush but the first circuit — left on to Orchard Street and all the way round Selfridges , then Oxford Street as far as Marylebone Lane and then Wigmore again — went off without serious injury .
2 At the Moravian Church we had fine Advent hymns , and once I got as far as Bunyan Meeting and heard theirs .
3 It is also worthy of note that East Prussian amber was being traded among hunter-fisher communities over extensive tracts of Finland , the East Baltic countries and north-east Russia as far as Lake Onega and the Upper Volga , as well as up and down the coast of western Norway , at a time when Neolithic farming communities were being established in south Scandinavia .
4 A few reach 40°N before melting away ; a very few are large enough to continue southward , occasionally as far as New York and Bermuda .
5 No sooner had the Colonel stumped out , his face flushed with a moral indignation that might or might not be sustained as far as Eaton Square and the Foreign Secretary 's residence , than the telephone rang .
6 He is now out and as soon as he returns is to accompany Lady Franklin and her party in a vessel round the island as far as Port Davey and Macquarie Harbour , which you may easily see on the map .
7 From the middle of the nineteenth century , Glasgow 's population rocketed , to make it Britain 's third largest city , and its docks and shipyards stretched westward from the Govan and Clydebank districts towards the estuary as far as Port Glasgow and Greenock ( q.v . ) .
8 As far as Mr Vlnas and the National Gallery are concerned the contract remains legally binding .
9 He subsequently set off to explore the county on foot as far as Lands End and his notes show that his book , had it been written , would have contained some far-fetched fantasies — as well as straight inaccuracies .
10 The Sunshine Girls were the only troupe to travel as far as St Petersburg and Budapest but it was noticeable that they rarely worked at the Winter Gardens which was Jennie 's stronghold .
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