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 |