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

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1 So that was all right as far as it went .
2 This was all right as far as it went .
3 As he told the story , probably with some exaggeration , Evelyn is supposed quite often to have gone out , perhaps only as far as his aunt 's house nearby to borrow some sugar , and to have failed to return .
4 ‘ Affect ? ’ he threw back at her — most infuriatingly as far as she was concerned because she was positive that he knew full well this time the context in which she used the word .
5 Jason had never done anything overtly wrong as far as she was concerned until his outburst today .
6 Morris typed throughout the morning , driving the carriage of the department 's battered portable along with his two hammering fingers just about as fast as it would go .
7 Driving once more as fast as she dared , she soon reached the pet shop and saw that Mr Miller was occupied with a customer .
8 We hunt in the mountains of West Virginia every fall and he shoots now nearly as well as his daddy . "
9 Now really as far as you 're concerned er I could tell you a lot about our holidays we had .
10 For a few brief moments he 'd been able to forget the room and the bizarre encampment and Hennessy at his elbow , and he 'd conversed in a language that came to him now almost as readily as his first ; he 'd conversed with a dark-eyed alien .
11 Snooker frames with Julian last about twice as long as they do with anybody else .
12 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 .
13 And that 's what you 're getting here so as far as I 'm concerned .
14 He 'd be talking to some man all evening , they 'd be getting on very well indeed as far as we could all see , but then Miss P would still be there alone when the lights went on , and the man would have gone .
15 Bill the dog always seems to walk at least twice as far as I do , running ahead for a while and coming back to check that I 'm following before he dives down a hole after rabbits that he never catches .
16 Despite this , most people persist in proposing their ideas at least twice as often as they suggest them !
17 She has always been rather possessive of him , except oddly enough as far as I 'm concerned . ’
18 They had lived with her for three months before they got this place , and it had been three months too long as far as he was concerned .
19 Ca n't be too soon as far as I 'm concerned .
20 I badly needed more money , so the take-over could not come too quickly as far as I was concerned .
21 Which will be seven years too late as far as I am concerned . ’
22 Below right : Brabham BT55 used lie-flat BMW turbo and was knee-high to a grasshopper , but was never half as fast as it looked
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