Example sentences of "[adv] far as they knew " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , so far as they knew , both children were dead . |
| 2 | It was difficult for them to appreciate that [ h ] -loss could ever have been anything else but a stigmatized form : in so far as they knew of evidence for it in earlier centuries , they tended to dismiss it , seemingly in the belief that ‘ vulgar ’ and ‘ careless ’ usage is not implicated in linguistic change . |
| 3 | They were also content to leave the whole affair as far as they knew it , understood it or had allocated the blame for it . |
| 4 | As far as they knew , these 570 people were off to a temperance rally at Loughborough ; most of them were probably unaware that they were taking part in an historical journey — Thomas Cook 's first excursion in 1841 . |
| 5 | According to them she had been at school that day and came out with them at the usual time and , as far as they knew , had gone the usual way home . |