Example sentences of "far [subord] i [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't trust anyone as far as I could throw them : it 's as simple as that . |
| 2 | The children of Egypt played in the dust-laden sunlight , and as far as I could tell they were happy . |
| 3 | As far as I could tell she 'd drunk a litre and a half , allowing for spillage , so her behaviour was understandable . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As far as I could remember I 'd rowed ashore in a fairly direct line from Joanna to the beach . |
| 6 | As far as I could discern none of the courts operates on any form of jury system . |
| 7 | He was immensely well-read on political history in the nineteenth century and more recent times , and he deployed a memory of fantastic accuracy , but so far as I could judge he had read virtually nothing else . |
| 8 | ‘ As far as I can tell their clubs are doing very well . |
| 9 | As far as I can tell there were cells in London , Edinburgh and Oxford as well as here in Dublin . ’ |
| 10 | As far as I can read her argument , it is precisely this which allows recognition of it to model our human position as suspended between , as she says at another point , unconditioned actor … and conditioned agent . " |
| 11 | far as I can Have you got a screwdriver ? |
| 12 | As far as I can remember it has always been a hot one , in that season beloved of medieval lyricists . |
| 13 | ‘ As far as I can see we can either go for Dersingham or for the man himself . |
| 14 | ‘ I treat you like a child because as far as I can see you are one . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ As far as I can see you do n't do anything , you just sit up there . |
| 16 | ‘ So far as I can see it 's practically certain Mr Merrivale was in there with her early on in the night , ’ said Ethel . |
| 17 | True , the attraction of becoming ‘ British ’ is a big one , but as far as I can see it is the only one . |
| 18 | Actually so far as I can see it 's sod 's law for women , just as it always has been . |
| 19 | ‘ As far as I can see she simply ran and he ran after her , but there are other tracks there , I think the boy 's . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ As far as I can see there is no evidence that when [ he ] has absconded he has come to any real harm . |
| 21 | ‘ As far as I can see there is only one house that is easier to get at that way than by going through the town , and that is the house on stilts . ’ |
| 22 | ( As far as I can see there will be no further cheques drawn on the account or inpayments made between 9th March and 2nd April . ) |
| 23 | ‘ As far as I can see there 's only one reason why anyone gets promoted , ’ said Richards , ‘ and that 's survival . |
| 24 | As far as I can recall there were no unfortunate incidents involving animals in Baldersdale . |
| 25 | As far as I can understand she 's made only one friend ; but that would be enough if it 's a good 'un . |
| 26 | Speaking through an interpreter , Mr Usta said : ‘ As far as I can figure it out , one day before the operation the cheque was given by Dr Crockett , it was changed and the money given to me that night . ’ |
| 27 | So , as far as I can work it out , they found it was cool to go round to Wally 's and hang out , particularly as the school was only just round the corner from his place So they 'd sit there doing very little and getting bored . |