Example sentences of "far as i [modal v] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | The guns were all along the river bank as far as I could see . |
| 2 | ‘ Only that the place was never kept decently as far as I could see , not the way a gentleman 's house should be . |
| 3 | The Canadian has an operating crew of five ( excluding the dozen or so service staff ) and no one is entirely clear what they all do : fill out forms mostly , so far as I could see . |
| 4 | Nor was there any instance , as far as I could see , of the faithful lover dying before his long wait was rewarded ; or thought of how the heroine might have felt in such a case , with brothers and sisters flown the nest , father and mother dead , hero dead , the house empty , and the mind , so long attuned and subjected to the needs of other minds , no longer able to recognize and adapt to its own needs . |
| 5 | As far as I could see , a holy well pointed out to me by my 1973 taxi driver had also been concreted . |
| 6 | Olomouc is full of churches , huge and chillingly ornate , freezing inside and as far as I could see deserted during the week . |
| 7 | Well , I was n't married or likely to be , as far as I could see . |
| 8 | Sheridan , as far as I could see , was absent . |
| 9 | It looked , as far as I could see , like a bristleworm , until I caught a glimpse of its head , which seemed to have antennae of some kind . |
| 10 | As far as I could see , there were some eight or nine cottages strung out on a narrow road which circled the bay . |
| 11 | Nor , as far as I could see , did the road continue beyond the end of the village . |
| 12 | At present , courses are run in bricklaying , painting and decorating , welding , and sheet metal fabrication , and as far as I could see the standard of work was generally very high indeed . |
| 13 | Some built sturdily of wood and iron , others no more than skins of plastic sheeting over frames of branches , they straggled north over the dunes as far as I could see . |
| 14 | As far as I could see , the blow fell on his cheek . |
| 15 | By Brig Scott 's account , " as far as I could see , during the next twenty four hours , all the arrangements in connection with the surrender and evacuation were carried out by the Yugoslavs speedily and efficiently " . |
| 16 | ‘ In pretty good condition , as far as I could see . |
| 17 | What I had to look forward to at best , so far as I could see , was marriage with a worthy young man such as Paolo , with whom I already felt myself to be in love , then children and a life of boring respectability in the Pianura Padana . |
| 18 | For as far as I could see , the surface was bare , grey dirt — rocky , bumpy , ridged , pitted . |
| 19 | ’ As far as I could see , his ship was closed up tight . ’ |
| 20 | As far as I could see , every one of those off-worlders was an owner ( or the employee of one ) , there to claim or deposit some personal valuables . |
| 21 | ‘ I caught sight of him in the garden a moment ago — at least , I 'm pretty sure that brooding silhouette was his , looming in the shrubbery — and he was n't seducing anyone as far as I could see . ’ |
| 22 | There were a few cars parked , but none with anyone in them as far as I could see . |
| 23 | As far as I could see , there were no rabbit sentries on the hill . |
| 24 | Madam Deputy Speaker there is course another matter of er of er broader significance and that is that er whilst these orders er er er cover erm certain financial institutions , they do n't erm they do n't cover others , they do n't cover Lloyds of London in so far as I could see , erm I 'd half expected to see the honourable member for Gloucester West er in his place to pursue his campaign that apparently he er he he is not able to be here and indeed er others who sit on the benches opposite who lost a large sum of money in Lloyds , er but they might have had something to say about it as it does seem odd that Lloyds has not been covered , no doubt the minister would tell us that needs primary legislation and I I 'm quite sure this government would move heaven and earth not to introduce another Lloyds bill er because of er the problems that that would no doubt attract . |
| 25 | As far as I could see in North Queensland , I should think they will end up under the umbrella of the Emperor of Japan , as the Japanese now seem to be in charge up there . |
| 26 | Young Charlie — who was always up to no good as far as I could see — nevertheless had what Tata called ‘ a future ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ She has n't got any extensions as far as I can see , ’ I said . |
| 28 | ‘ So far as I can see it 's practically certain Mr Merrivale was in there with her early on in the night , ’ said Ethel . |
| 29 | ‘ As far as I can see only Mr Merrivale is in the clear ’ , went on Mary . |
| 30 | As far as I can see , the only way to do this is to adopt a behaviouristic approach to this knowledge and characterize it as an ability to discriminate visual objects . |