Example sentences of "so far [conj] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 She would not have gone so far as to define it as softness .
2 TODAY has been told the letter went so far as to claim she had betrayed her husband , her sons and , above all , the Queen .
3 He held a copy of Milton 's works in his hands , but whenever he quoted from the poet he held the book aloft , like the Gospel at High Mass , sometimes going so far as to wave it to and fro behind his head as he chanted out the words .
4 Louise had gone so far as to allow him access to her papers and portfolio : he and Simon Scher were working on them now .
5 Glass goes so far as to describe her as ‘ a monster ’ though it is clear she had his complete respect .
6 He even went so far as to say he missed her and Pilade , and would be glad to be home .
7 Even now , I would not go so far as to say it is a bad staff plan ; after all , it enables a staff of four to cover an unexpected amount of ground .
8 I 'd even go so far as to say I 'm falling in love .
9 ‘ I 'd go so far as to say I was very impressed .
10 ‘ No , Nina , I was n't in love with David Markham , ’ said Rachel firmly , then , seeing that Nina was still slightly bemused , she added , ‘ In fact , I think you could go so far as to say I detested him . ’
11 No , I must say that things have now gone so far as to justify me in feeling considerable uneasiness about his continued absence . ’
12 She did n't go so far as to give me her telephone number , but I prudently copied it from the instrument at a point during the interview when she was distracted : when one of Brenda 's children had somehow slipped into the room to find a drum stacked halfway down a pile of similar toys .
13 Larissa talks of going beyond structuralism and goes so far as to disown it : ‘ of course I am not a structuralist I never have been I merely played with it ’ ( 84/662 ) .
14 It had once even gone so far as to empty him on to the floor for voicing an intolerant opinion on the Jesuits .
15 There are those critics of the polytechnics who regard this as a most unfortunate development and would go so far as to castigate them for betraying their primary purpose , which they see as providing for the communities in which they are located , something which of necessity can only be done primarily through part-time provision .
16 Lydia even went so far as to bathe it in vinegar at Betty 's behest .
17 For various reasons the main one of which was a lack of understanding of our problems , our local administration were often unsympathetic and went so far as to accuse us of non co-operation at times , especially in the matter of rest days .
18 Leech was examined on 18th August 1669 to see if he was able " to instruct the youth so far as to fit them for the universities " by a panel composed of Dr. Slater , Mr. Watson ( Schoolmaster of Sutton 's Hospital ) , Mr. Holmes ( Schoolmaster of Christ 's Hospital ) , and Mr. Crumland ( a master from St. Paul 's ) .
19 Archbishop Fisher went so far as to tell him that he was a possible future Archbishop of Canterbury .
20 We then asked him , if he could not go so far as to meet us in full , to introduce an empowering provision .
21 ‘ I am to be questioned and interfered with and hounded , not to be left , doing a job of work the way I choose , a necessary job , a job our sister has made tediously inevitable , a job the result of which may save us from potential disgrace , even if we can not go so far as to expect it to improve our situation out of all recognition .
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