Example sentences of "[adv] far as i could tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | These occasions , so far as I could tell , brought neither of us any pleasure . |
| 2 | The pancake , so far as I could tell , was a mixture of potato , cabbage , onion and seasonings . |
| 3 | In all my texts and documents , there were , so far as I could tell , no moments of pure , unfettered subjectivity ; indeed , the human subject itself began to seem remarkably unfree , the ideological product of the relations of power in a particular society . |
| 4 | As far as I could tell from a quick skim through , every meal was designed to act as an aphrodisiac . |
| 5 | There was not much of this kind of nonsense as far as I could tell by eavesdropping around the room , but there were cries of anguish when the prices of some of the wines were announced . |
| 6 | Our Tory MP did jump off his LandRover to shake my hand and take one of my leaflets the other day , but as far as I could tell I was the only voter he met that morning . |
| 7 | I used to do a job which involved getting up at an unearthly hour while , as far as I could tell , the rest of the world slept . |
| 8 | However , drying the whiskers out did not seem to have an important effect upon their strength , as far as I could tell . |
| 9 | The sparrow was n't too badly injured as far as I could tell , but it was obviously in a state of shock and could n't fly . |
| 10 | As far as I could tell Frank had recovered from the breakdown we witnessed in late 1986 and , despite the months alone and the awful beatings he 'd received in the Pigsty , he still had a great sense of humour and told us hysterical episodes from his life , many of them against himself . |
| 11 | As far as I could tell she 'd drunk a litre and a half , allowing for spillage , so her behaviour was understandable . |
| 12 | The children of Egypt played in the dust-laden sunlight , and as far as I could tell they were happy . |
| 13 | It was very good — they all were , as far as I could tell . |
| 14 | As far as I could tell , the roof seemed to be consuming money faster than we could give it . |
| 15 | In all the years I had been watching him , he had , as far as I could tell , absolutely fuck-all interest in them . |
| 16 | He seemed , as far as I could tell , to be fast asleep . |
| 17 | Fairclough played a Batty-esque defensive midfield role as far as I could tell , marking Shearer might have been a better idea , though he did an OK job as it was . |