Example sentences of "they [vb past] as far as " in BNC.
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| 1 | They got as far as Eldinhope at the head of St Mary 's Loch before the early November dark made following the tracks of even five hundred difficult ; and the Regent and Ramsay spent the night in that remote peel-tower of a Scott laird . |
| 2 | They got as far as ‘ I 'm a Forrester , I score for Leeds , I hate Man U and I hate Chel-sea ’ , plus the line ‘ I put on women 's clothing , like Eric Cantona ’ . |
| 3 | They innovated as far as possible under the 1948 Act but eventually secured a further Act , in 1963 , which legitimated ‘ preventive ’ work . |
| 4 | They followed as far as possible in the time available , the practices and procedures of the permanent parliamentary boundary commission , indeed of the six members of the committees , five were members of the parliamentary boundary commissions and they were appointed to the committees after consultation with the opposition parties . |
| 5 | ‘ They went as far as the railway crossin' on the other side of the tunnel , talked to the man on duty at the halt there , then turned back . |
| 6 | They went as far as offering to pay him a retainer on top of his rep salary for two years . |
| 7 | They continued as far as Great men , |