Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] far [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got as far as the lawn , just out there , and then he stopped and stood , seemingly just staring at the house . |
| 2 | He got as far as lifting his head and getting one shoulder off the seat , but then collapsed back onto the leather , and let his eyes close . |
| 3 | He got as far as twelve , then he looked puzzled . |
| 4 | He got as far as Rugby before he was caught . |
| 5 | He walked as far as the cart , took a packet of cigarettes from his jacket that was hanging on the tailgate and stood , sullenly smoking . |
| 6 | He walked as far as the beaches and along the deserted sea front . |
| 7 | He went as far as to say that the universities were not convinced of the value of this ‘ experiment ’ and that there were fundamental defects in the way it was being implemented . |
| 8 | He went so far as to state that had Hougoumont fallen , the battle might well have been lost . |
| 9 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that he was almost dreading stepping on to the golf course , full of grim forebodings on the practice ground and no better on the practice green . |
| 10 | In June 1960 he went so far as to write to Ashby himself — by then Sir Eric and the Master of Clare College , Cambridge — setting out the case and asking whether he would make personal representations to the Minister to secure unilateral treatment for the Eastern District . |
| 11 | When his first wife died in 1751 , he went so far as to obtain a licence to marry a certain Hannah Laskey . |
| 12 | He went so far as to bang on the door of Evert 's home in an effort to see Steffi . |
| 13 | Protagoras found gender assignation in Greek inconsistent and illogical — for example , there were cases when two words referring to the same thing had different genders — and he went so far as to advocate reform ( he was ridiculed for this by Aristophanes , and the attempt was unsuccessful ) . |
| 14 | Anselm himself never quoted this analogy , but he went so far as to warn the pope that if he gave an adverse judgement in the dispute between Canterbury and York ‘ I would on no account remain in England ; for I neither ought to , nor can allow the primacy of our church to be destroyed while I am alive . ’ |
| 15 | In January 1881 he went so far as to recommend the involvement of zemstvo and municipal duma representatives in commissions appointed to consider reform of peasant affairs and local government . |
| 16 | Indeed he went so far as to suggest that pupils might be involved in evaluating the curriculum in the future . |
| 17 | Like a beggar , he went so far as to pluck at Meredith 's sleeve . |
| 18 | One morning he went so far as to say to Nikos that he thought the affair was now over . |
| 19 | On at least one occasion , he went so far as to express the hope that his own son would succeed him as monarch . |
| 20 | In 1831 and 1833 he went so far as to attack the Turks , until Britain and Russia intervened to protect the Ottoman empire from disintegration . |
| 21 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that Britain 's justice system had been badly bruised by the Government 's failure in this respect . |
| 22 | Furthermore , he went so far as to express readiness to try to gain approval from Falkenhayn for the termination of all operations at Verdun . |
| 23 | He said would you like to get home , he said I 'm sure you would ? well no he said as far as he was concerned he could leave us |