Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] far as [pers pn] " 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 | 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 . |
10 | ‘ He does have Paula with him as far as we know , ’ Monica reminded him . |
11 | ‘ 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | And , of course , I 'm in love with her as far as I 'm capable of loving anyone . |
14 | He had told her the story , and reassured her as far as he was able . |
15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Because of the responsibility they had a pound was no covering it as far as they were concerned . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | And that was it as far as we were concerned . ’ |
20 | It looked enticing and we decided to follow it as far as we could . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | It made a high arc , vanishing against the sun as she flung it as far as she could . |
23 | ‘ He was n't hurt and that 's the end of it as far as he 's concerned . ’ |
24 | He would thrust and persuade it as far as he could towards an ending . |
25 | That 's it as far as you 're concerned with it . |
26 | But anything I do , I 'll have a bloody good go at it and take it as far as I can . |
27 | Colour 's got nothing to do with it as far as I 'm concerned . |
28 | ‘ Not I. You might as well call it Trouble up at t'Mill and have done with it as far as I 'm concerned . |
29 | ‘ Rome-you 're welcome to it as far as I 'm concerned , ’ said Mervyn spitefully , the day before Ianthe was due to leave with the party from St Basil 's . |
30 | I 've repaid my debt , and that 's it as far as I 'm concerned ! ’ |