Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] far as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in this particular county one has only got to look to Ryedale who s I so far as I know is the only authority to have carried out a comprehensive survey of local housing needs . |
| 2 | Oh I I as far as we 're concerned er the when bit is if you were are available er now we could even put you on this Thursday . |
| 3 | It er I I mean I as far as I 'm concerned it 's er extremely difficult to get people to er come to social events . |
| 4 | If time permits , we would be happy to accommodate you as far as we can . |
| 5 | ‘ Personally , I would n't trust you as far as I could proverbially throw you ! |
| 6 | The landlady was going out to see the workers among her hay some miles down the glen ; her man-servant ( the Hermit of Glencoe ) drove , and she asked if I would come with them as far as they went . |
| 7 | There were a few cars parked , but none with anyone in them as far as I could see . |
| 8 | I put my tongue out at them as far as it would go . |
| 9 | Alfieri watched out for his clients and tried to help them as far as his job would allow . |
| 10 | And they all said now look is there anything we can do and I said no , it 's not , if you 're coming to me as far as I 'm concerned I will do it , you need anything and I will cope . |
| 11 | With that she got up , put her knitting away and said she would go with me as far as our house . |
| 12 | He brought me as far as your gate , which was decent of him — and then bolted as if the bears were after him . |
| 13 | ‘ He does have Paula with him as far as we know , ’ Monica reminded him . |
| 14 | ‘ If someone came and pinched my bum on the escalator I 'd k-i-c-k him as far as I could down the escalator , ’ Topaz responded with gusto . |
| 15 | He made no attempt to detain her , but walked with her down the dark drive and took her as far as her own front door . |
| 16 | He left the cosy little restaurant to reappear a few minutes later with the announcement that her taxi was at the door and that he and Bob would go with her as far as her hotel . |
| 17 | Do tell me all about it ! ’ she begged ; and Breeze enlightened her as far as she could , without referring to the business of the wallet . |
| 18 | And , of course , I 'm in love with her as far as I 'm capable of loving anyone . |
| 19 | He had told her the story , and reassured her as far as he was able . |
| 20 | ‘ The problem with casting myself as the male version of Calypso is that I doubt if Ulysses trusted her as far as he could throw her . ’ |
| 21 | Government legislation has sharply reduced the scope for this , but a number of councils are still interested in developing it as far as they can . |
| 22 | Because of the responsibility they had a pound was no covering it as far as they were concerned . |
| 23 | While in Donna di Porto Pim , the writer , having sailed for many days and nights , has understood that ‘ the West has no end but continues to move as we move , and that we can follow it as far as we like and never reach it ’ ( Tabucchi 1983 : 13 ; the notion is echoed in the title of Tabucchi 's later novel , Il filo dell'orizzonte ( The horizon 's edge , ( 1986 ) , the Indian journey proceeds , not always straightforwardly , towards an end of a sort . |
| 24 | And that was it as far as we were concerned . ’ |
| 25 | It looked enticing and we decided to follow it as far as we could . |
| 26 | Her curiosity had been whetted rather than slaked , because Zambia could only tell it as far as SHe understood , and hirs was not a scientific mind by any standard . |
| 27 | It made a high arc , vanishing against the sun as she flung it as far as she could . |
| 28 | ‘ He was n't hurt and that 's the end of it as far as he 's concerned . ’ |
| 29 | He would thrust and persuade it as far as he could towards an ending . |
| 30 | That 's it as far as you 're concerned with it . |