Example sentences of "[adv] far as she [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far as she 'd been concerned they had been just friends . |
| 2 | Of the four lecturers I interviewed , three could be broadly described as ‘ traditional ’ in their views , while one might be described as having a ‘ radical ’ viewpoint in so far as she challenged the conventional wisdom of English studies . |
| 3 | Molly remembered the note still stuck , so far as she knew , opposite ‘ The Flagellation ’ in the Piero della Francesca book . |
| 4 | Some fat old hag in a dirty apron came and said so far as she knew you were in hospital . |
| 5 | Not entirely sure if she was being teased or not , because so far as she knew the Irish did indeed take leprechauns very seriously , she gave a weak smile . |
| 6 | So far as she knew they were only the result of an innocent friendship , so why Feargal 's anger ? |
| 7 | She found Clelia 's company extraordinarily entertaining , and bracing only in so far as she liked to be braced : she could hardly follow a word , for instance , of the art references in her conversation , but Clelia managed somehow to combine a great air of erudition and abstruseness with a marked facility for making explanations , so that ignorance was no bar to amusement . |
| 8 | If she walked twice as far as she rode , how many kilometres did she ride ? |
| 9 | As far as she knew porpoises were the most intelligent . |
| 10 | There was no other visible sign in any of the family , as far as she knew , now Robin was dead ; poor Robin . |
| 11 | Mrs Murphy snatched the opportunity to ask Mrs Frizzell to proceed with her report , which she did , outlining the story as far as she knew it and using as many euphemisms as she could . |
| 12 | As far as she knew there were no calls condemning the DJ 's behaviour . |
| 13 | Miss Wharton had never mentioned his name to Father Barnes or to anyone else at St Matthew 's and , as far as she knew , he had never , in his secretive world of childhood , mentioned hers . |
| 14 | As far as she knew , Griselda had never been away so long before . |
| 15 | But they never went to church , as far as she knew . |
| 16 | She was curious as to where they were going , but so far Wayne had refused to say ; as far as she knew , this was just one of the Estate roads and it led nowhere . |
| 17 | Mala blinked , and grew paler , but quickly assured him that as far as she knew it was just a coincidence . |
| 18 | He had never before spoken of sleepless nights ; neither , as far as she knew , had he ever complained of any kind of illness . |
| 19 | It had been repainted since the war , but , as far as she knew , it had never given forth music . |
| 20 | As far as she knew , Julius had never liked the countryside . |
| 21 | He put the milk bottles down on a small table in the hall , where they were to remain until Ianthe left , and as far as she knew , for ever after . |
| 22 | It was dangerous because it left her at his mercy and as far as she knew he had none . |
| 23 | As far as she knew , Alain was going back to Paris in the afternoon and she was going with him , whether he liked it or not ! |
| 24 | As far as she knew , Marie would be here today , and she had no intention of making a fool of herself and allowing the girl more gossip to tell Claudine . |
| 25 | It was still possible , as far as she knew , that Sykes was Puddephat 's victim and not the other way round . |
| 26 | As far as she knew , he had never before used the recreational facilities at OBEX . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She would hardly have been able to get as far as she had already without a very strong image of the outlines of the world , of her own personal dream . |
| 29 | Leaning forward as far as she dared , with the great torso of the suit at a right angle to its legs , she made the claws unhook her wrist computer and plug it into one of the empty sockets on the panel . |