Example sentences of "went as far as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All hell broke loose , Mount Stewart was besieged by the media , and one Fleet Street paper went as far as accusing MacDonald of duplicity . |
| 2 | Dulles on 12 December 1957 went as far as to describe France as " a very weak partner indeed " and one which caused him a lot of anxiety . |
| 3 | At one time , the Club went as far as refusing to allow juveniles a reduced entrance price for the London Road terrace but allowed them half price for other areas . |
| 4 | One tabloid , threatened since with a writ , went as far as to say that he would not be able to find such a sum . |
| 5 | The figure was well below City estimates and one analyst went as far as to say that the detailed announcement ‘ deserves to set the standards for all ’ . |
| 6 | The Education Officer of Matagalpa Prison went as far as to say that when systems of exploitation can be brought to an end , crime as a major social phenomenon will disappear . |
| 7 | After the 1987 hurricane , the Tree Council went as far as to say that ‘ unless positive encouragement is given to owners to restore these woods … they will revert to scrub and never recover . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Indeed , Stein went as far as to wish his players ‘ all the best for the future . ’ |
| 10 | But with Barnet owing £1.3million and the players and staff unpaid for three weeks , Stein believes it is unlikely the crisis can be averted and went as far as to wish his players ‘ all the best for the future . ’ |
| 11 | Typically , teen magazines like Smash Hits , were soon on the case and presented them as a ‘ new ’ band , although none went as far as dubbing them the customary , overnight success . |
| 12 | The Greek governing party , PASOK , went as far as to create a ‘ Green Guard ’ around the Premier Papandreou . |
| 13 | Even when Shaun and Bez went as far as editing Penthouse for the day , papers tutted and sighed but still printed pictures of the pair grinning like village idiots , surrounded by tits and bums . |
| 14 | John Major did not publicly denounce Mr Churchill , but went as far as hinting that he disapproved . |
| 15 | Stockdale even went as far as praising Laurent for having surveyed , and a foreigner at that , without the knowledge of the language and ‘ by eye alone … without the use of instruments and in the coldest part of the year … in less than two months two towns for some miles in circumference , with all their intricate communications . ’ |
| 16 | One Columbia University student went as far as writing a paper on the novel and its author and was awarded a respectable grade . |
| 17 | Indeed , one correspondent went as far as to call it the ‘ sexiest ’ although that must be debatable . |
| 18 | At one point he even went as far as to tell a group of American diplomats that he expected the United States to take over the " primary role " which the British had hitherto held in the Middle East . |
| 19 | Uncle Joe subjected me to the same torture and humiliation every time we were alone together — although , thankfully , he never actually went as far as raping me . |
| 20 | Garry Bushell , a tabloid journalist , even went as far as to doubt Mr McShane 's status as a ‘ serious sex symbol ’ . |
| 21 | One even went as far as giving a story to a newspaper that the couple would share the same bed in Korea . |
| 22 | They went as far as offering to pay him a retainer on top of his rep salary for two years . |