Example sentences of "far as i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I explained , falteringly , my motives — at least , as far as I understood them myself . |
| 2 | So far as I knew there was no Indian name for Moose Jaw , but I had a brain-wave that might help . |
| 3 | The Carolans were subject to much exposure in the Press , and as far as I knew there had never been any newspaper gossip which even hinted at any sort of rift between them . |
| 4 | As far as I knew you were still in the study . ’ |
| 5 | He looked at his watch and told me , yet as far as I knew he had never heard that language before . |
| 6 | As far as I knew he 'd always been on the level , and certainly there was no harm in his treating the Fraser girl after the shock she 'd presumably had . |
| 7 | As far as I knew he 's at present on the Charlotte T. — all our ships are called something T. , as you probably know — on a trip to Hamburg . " |
| 8 | ‘ So far as I knew I had attended to every trifling detail , yet every plan , every hope , seemed to be going wrong . |
| 9 | So far as I knew I covered the area around my bowels , liver , one kidney and all the other bits and pieces that make up a living abdomen . |