Example sentences of "as far as [pron] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took the dinghy as far as we could go , right up near to the lock gates . |
| 2 | It was just us , on a long stretch of sand , with the dark sea ahead of us — a landscape which might go on into infinity , as far as we could tell . |
| 3 | As far as we could tell the Moslem factions were out of the fray for the time being . |
| 4 | ‘ As far as we could find out , he 's got no plans to expand in that area , Ray , ’ Hitch said , sipping his drink . |
| 5 | Because as far as we could see , |
| 6 | As far as we could see , ship after ship was anchored all down the outer loch , and as we progressed towards Ullapool we could see that the anchored ships extended right into the bay past Ullapool piers . |
| 7 | His stretched knuckles tapped as far as they could reach . |
| 8 | As far as they could tell , it was the only thing which existed here , wherever " here " was , Everything else was snow ; the white plain . |
| 9 | As far as they could tell , the writing , by a ballpoint , was Egan 's . |
| 10 | By the beginning of this century , however , the towers had gone as far as they could go . |
| 11 | He replied that it did seem strange to him too , but that at every stage God — as far as they could discern — had opened the way to do this . |
| 12 | As far as they could see , the walls were plain white , with evenly spaced-out black doors . |
| 13 | They set out up the hillside , going slowly , picking their way from one bush and tussock to another and pausing continually to sniff and stare along the great expanse of grass , which stretched on either side as far as they could see . |
| 14 | We went in gingerly but as far as one could tell the floor was solid except for the one strip over the missing bit of beam . |
| 15 | The great train was standing there , faintly hissing , silver , immensely heavy , stretching away in both directions for as far as one could see in the gloom . |
| 16 | He thought that he left the church unnoticed , but Isobel saw him as she stepped out of her pew , and , as far as anything could penetrate to her at such a time , she was touched by his solicitude . |
| 17 | She took a step backwards , which was about as far as she could go in that hallway . |
| 18 | The corridor remained empty , as far as she could tell . |
| 19 | It was the same thin , intelligent slightly wary face and as far as she could tell the same old Barbour jacket . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But it had n't flowered and as far as she could tell , had no intention of doing so . |
| 23 | As far as she could tell it had no relevance to her own predicament . |
| 24 | As far as she could tell , they were completely alone in the village . |
| 25 | She 'd told Mackenzie that one of the men had been injured , badly , as far as she could tell . |
| 26 | The house was immaculate and had been furnished , as far as she could tell , like something out of a design magazine . |
| 27 | Non-performers were supposed to stay out , but as far as she could tell nobody paid the rule much heed . |
| 28 | As far as she could tell , everything was there except his cap and gloves . ’ |
| 29 | He looked calmly , almost — as far as she could tell in the light that poured from the house onto the terrace — amusedly at her . |
| 30 | As far as she could tell , he was n't looking suspicious . |