Example sentences of "so [adv] as [pron] knew " in BNC.
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| 1 | The catapult ought to be safe so long as nobody knew its name . |
| 2 | The hearing began on 29 June at which time , so far as we knew , W. 's condition was stable or deteriorating only slowly , although there had been some further loss of weight . |
| 3 | Now , so far as they knew , both children were dead . |
| 4 | It was difficult for them to appreciate that [ h ] -loss could ever have been anything else but a stigmatized form : in so far as they knew of evidence for it in earlier centuries , they tended to dismiss it , seemingly in the belief that ‘ vulgar ’ and ‘ careless ’ usage is not implicated in linguistic change . |
| 5 | Molly remembered the note still stuck , so far as she knew , opposite ‘ The Flagellation ’ in the Piero della Francesca book . |
| 6 | Some fat old hag in a dirty apron came and said so far as she knew you were in hospital . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | So far as she knew they were only the result of an innocent friendship , so why Feargal 's anger ? |
| 9 | Self-cleaning oven so far as I knew . |
| 10 | ‘ So far as I knew I had attended to every trifling detail , yet every plan , every hope , seemed to be going wrong . |
| 11 | So far as I knew there was no Indian name for Moose Jaw , but I had a brain-wave that might help . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | So far as he knew , no photograph had ever been taken of Horowitz . |
| 14 | So far as he knew , everything that had been transcribed had been lodged with Jackson 's , in copy . |