Example sentences of "as far as she could " in BNC.
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| 1 | She turned her face as far as she could towards Marie . |
| 2 | As far as she could remember , she had never seen the man before , he was no friend of Faith 's . |
| 3 | For one awful moment , she thought she had persuaded her , then , with a cry of triumph , Rose hurled the ring as far as she could into the surrounding darkness . |
| 4 | There had been no intimacy between them , never as far as she could remember . |
| 5 | Bending riskily forward as far as she could , with her arm at full stretch from the end of the rope , Sheila at last managed to grasp his hand . |
| 6 | Do tell me all about it ! ’ she begged ; and Breeze enlightened her as far as she could , without referring to the business of the wallet . |
| 7 | Virus F/x-01–74482 , soon referred to as , simply , the Mahon virus was , as far as she could understand , a unique example of something that up till now had only been postulated : that deep in the ocean , under the terrific pressure and in temperatures approaching absolute zero , there had remained chains of biochemicals , primitive viruses that had been part of the great ‘ organic soup ’ at the creation of life , remaining unchanged as the rest of the primordial swamp had undergone the long evolutionary journey to form all the complexities of life on earth . |
| 8 | The corridor remained empty , as far as she could tell . |
| 9 | She pulled over as far as she could into the bushes at the side of the lane and slowed down while the car , a beaten-up old Ford , passed . |
| 10 | Her parents had been warm and affectionate people and , as far as she could remember , she had been quite happy as a child . |
| 11 | There were indeed lots of MacLeans — nearly the whole Clan MacLean , as far as she could judge . |
| 12 | It was the same thin , intelligent slightly wary face and as far as she could tell the same old Barbour jacket . |
| 13 | Meredith , trying to use her bump of direction thought they had gone in a circle and as far as she could tell through teeming rain and darkness , were in the middle of the open moor or common . |
| 14 | A large bird , a crow as far as she could tell , flapped up from picking at something on the ground and wheeled away high above her . |
| 15 | But it had n't flowered and as far as she could tell , had no intention of doing so . |
| 16 | She could n't reach very far , but for as far as she could , the window was clean , bright . |
| 17 | It was the first time as far as she could remember that any male person had done so since she left the convent school , where the visiting priest would call all the girls by their first names . |
| 18 | Her birth , as far as she could see , had been accidental ; no careful well-intended deity could have selected for her her own home . |
| 19 | The baby was wearing a pink frilly garment on its top half , and nothing at all , as far as she could see , on its bottom half , but she could not see very well . |
| 20 | She looked out to sea , as far as she could through the mist , and thought of great trees whispering under the waves . |
| 21 | As far as she could tell it had no relevance to her own predicament . |
| 22 | It extended as far as she could see in all directions . |
| 23 | The fence stretched as far as she could see and , above it , waved the brown tops of trees . |
| 24 | As far as she could tell , they were completely alone in the village . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , ’ she told him , leaning over as far as she could towards him . |
| 26 | She 'd told Mackenzie that one of the men had been injured , badly , as far as she could tell . |
| 27 | She had driven as far as she could and now stopped the car . |
| 28 | As far as she could remember , she had n't thought like this about anyone before . |
| 29 | The house was immaculate and had been furnished , as far as she could tell , like something out of a design magazine . |
| 30 | Non-performers were supposed to stay out , but as far as she could tell nobody paid the rule much heed . |