Example sentences of "far as [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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31 She advanced to the desk she threw open the lid dramatically Mary-Lou drew in her breath and got away as far as she could looking at the inside of her desk with scared eyes
32 This one has been sounded to a depth of a mere 1,000 feet , but peer into it is as far as I would ever want to go ; such crevices are no doubt thrilling to explore when they widen out into great chambers , but the thought of the narrow places I for one find exceedingly off-putting .
33 you know , you just want to sit back and er as far as I would think is to keep calm and say well I , I am right , you know , erm but without being too forceful in that way because then that would put them off
34 I think that 's really as far as I would want to go .
35 ‘ Well , it 's as far as I 'll go . ’
36 ‘ I like them all , but liking is as far as I 'll get — have you seen the prices ? ’
37 But that 's as far as I can go .
38 That 's as far as I can think .
39 This came from the parents of the children in the Old Town , because of far as I can gather from talking to the people in the Old Town
40 I think that the mass of the people , as far as I can see , want the state where they can er well economic climate in which they can make money for themselves and get on top .
41 Steer 's is quite good as far as I can tell .
42 It does appear to me er that the view which has been expressed by Mr and Mr is correct , that you and your clients did not object in terms , or indeed , as far as I can see , by implication in any way , to the existence of an inset for the village .
43 As far as I can remember that .
44 Erm and I I as far as I can remember I think such things as underwear were unknown .
45 Erm any bit of hope that they 've got erm i is going to be gradually eroded as far as I can see .
46 one is , as far as I can see , is to do this where we fit , where we 're able to fit in subjects that er we missed , so certainly we 'll fit it in on the , on the later session .
47 Yeah , erm When I bought the shop in in nineteen sixty -six in Caldmore we were the only coloured people , as far as I can remember .
48 And this was not only Walsall Co-op , it was the Co-ops as far as I can remember , because er er you know I would n't take that for gospel could I 'm not not sure because I was only child .
49 The issue , as far as I can see , and I was told , when I was growing it up in school , about the holocaust and that we must ensure that everybody remembers about the holocaust in Germany , and that it should never ever be allowed to happen again .
50 No side effects , fine as far as I can tell .
51 Er as far as I can remember er you would start as an apprentice riveter , and you would do sort of odd jobs within a s a squad , rivet
52 As far as I can remember .
53 This is as far as I can go .
54 as far as I can see .
55 at least as far as I can remember .
56 Erm , they were not interviewed , they if they were accepted by a teacher training college they received erm a maximum of , of fifty pounds a year but erm as far as I can remember there was no loan erm element in that but I m I may be wrong because er but I never can remember erm writing to recover loans from the training college student .
57 However , it seems that as far as I can make out from the correspondence , the Commissionaires are split in their opinion as to the legality of action of the German government .
58 They just r r rammed their way and you had an man the they had a man they tell me I I 've never seen one But erm this was as far as I can make out er by the They had a man standing by you see with a a spanner and er gave it a quarter turn every time it hammered the the drill sort of hit the rock , went into the and hammered .
59 I 'll only bid as far as I can pay Mr .
60 ‘ He is not — nor is he likely to be as far as I can make out — although Matt dropped a hint that there had been someone at one stage .
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