Example sentences of "as i [modal v] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children of Egypt played in the dust-laden sunlight , and as far as I could tell they were happy . |
| 2 | As far as I could tell she 'd drunk a litre and a half , allowing for spillage , so her behaviour was understandable . |
| 3 | ‘ I would n't let her trouble you , especially as I could tell she 'd no good news . ’ |
| 4 | you know kind of there 's all this quips about sort of semen making your hair grow and all that kind of thing erm you know so erm it 's , it 's , it 's one of these things that erm sort of erm kind of people , people s slip into on the basis of you know th er as far as I could tell there was no sort of firm evidence that these blokes were gay or heterosexual apart from judgments made on their demeanour and personal appearance erm you know but er you know it gave rise to a whole range of , you know , kind of supposedly humorous talk erm in that context erm so there 's a whole range of things erm tt you know sort of talk and mannerisms and , and er , you know , kind of also gossip and suspicions about them , oh is he married if not does he have a girlfriend , if not ooh I wonder if he 's gay , you know , kind of things that we understand about people 's relationships feed into it so |
| 5 | And erm he he worked shifts , er the morning shift or the day shift as it was called , which was from erm , I do n't know as far as I could tell it was from six till two or something like that . |
| 6 | Our Tory MP did jump off his LandRover to shake my hand and take one of my leaflets the other day , but as far as I could tell I was the only voter he met that morning . |
| 7 | ‘ As far as I can tell their clubs are doing very well . |
| 8 | As far as I can tell there were cells in London , Edinburgh and Oxford as well as here in Dublin . ’ |
| 9 | When I insist on that priority , as I can tell you I most certainly will — with the full support of the Prime Minister in doing so — then I 'm sure my colleagues will see the point of that . |
| 10 | That 's near as I can tell you about it now , it has a special name I know , but er , that 's it . |
| 11 | Erm as near as I can tell you , I could be about er er fourteen . |
| 12 | Finally taking a look at the traffic on Nottingham 's roads as far as I can tell it 's all moving fairly steadily . |