Example sentences of "far as i [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I explained , falteringly , my motives — at least , as far as I understood them myself .
2 As far as I knew you were still in the study . ’
3 He looked at his watch and told me , yet as far as I knew he had never heard that language before .
4 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 .
5 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 . "
6 ‘ So far as I knew I had attended to every trifling detail , yet every plan , every hope , seemed to be going wrong .
7 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 .
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