Example sentences of "[adv] far as [pron] knew " in BNC.

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1 The hearing began on 29 June at which time , so far as we knew , W. 's condition was stable or deteriorating only slowly , although there had been some further loss of weight .
2 Now , so far as they knew , both children were dead .
3 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 .
4 Molly remembered the note still stuck , so far as she knew , opposite ‘ The Flagellation ’ in the Piero della Francesca book .
5 Some fat old hag in a dirty apron came and said so far as she knew you were in hospital .
6 Not entirely sure if she was being teased or not , because so far as she knew the Irish did indeed take leprechauns very seriously , she gave a weak smile .
7 So far as she knew they were only the result of an innocent friendship , so why Feargal 's anger ?
8 Self-cleaning oven so far as I knew .
9 So far as I knew I had attended to every trifling detail , yet every plan , every hope , seemed to be going wrong .
10 So far as I knew there was no Indian name for Moose Jaw , but I had a brain-wave that might help .
11 So far as I knew I covered the area around my bowels , liver , one kidney and all the other bits and pieces that make up a living abdomen .
12 So far as he knew , no photograph had ever been taken of Horowitz .
13 So far as he knew , everything that had been transcribed had been lodged with Jackson 's , in copy .
14 As far as everyone knew , he had been the last person to see Zambia at the Club .
15 Now we were to try something which , as far as we knew , had n't been offered to the viewers before .
16 Our captivity had never been linked to theirs , as far as we knew .
17 As far as we knew , Frank had never been claimed and , having been quite cut off in Lebanon for a number of years before his kidnap , had less ‘ publicity ’ value than the other Yanks .
18 As far as we knew every previous expedition had ferried the sheep by dinghy , a tedious operation which must have been hard on both men and sheep , to say nothing of the dinghy .
19 They were also content to leave the whole affair as far as they knew it , understood it or had allocated the blame for it .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 As far as she knew porpoises were the most intelligent .
23 There was no other visible sign in any of the family , as far as she knew , now Robin was dead ; poor Robin .
24 Mrs Murphy snatched the opportunity to ask Mrs Frizzell to proceed with her report , which she did , outlining the story as far as she knew it and using as many euphemisms as she could .
25 As far as she knew there were no calls condemning the DJ 's behaviour .
26 Miss Wharton had never mentioned his name to Father Barnes or to anyone else at St Matthew 's and , as far as she knew , he had never , in his secretive world of childhood , mentioned hers .
27 As far as she knew , Griselda had never been away so long before .
28 But they never went to church , as far as she knew .
29 She was curious as to where they were going , but so far Wayne had refused to say ; as far as she knew , this was just one of the Estate roads and it led nowhere .
30 Mala blinked , and grew paler , but quickly assured him that as far as she knew it was just a coincidence .
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