Example sentences of "could [not/n't] go [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Because of his Cartesianism , Malebranche could not go so far as to say that material objects were not really extended or in motion , but Pierre Bayle had argued that such restraint was unjustifiable .
2 Even Amabel could not go so far as to trouble Gemma .
3 We then asked him , if he could not go so far as to meet us in full , to introduce an empowering provision .
4 Several attempts , he wrote , had been made by " former prospectors " to sink upon this lode " but it is heavily watered that they could not go down more than 3 or 4 fathoms deep " .
5 But she doubted it would go any further — well , could n't go any further as she was only staying the one night .
6 Though I could n't go so far as to say that service was included as all the waiters seemed interested in was getting the lights off so they could dance with Sorrel .
7 ‘ So you could n't go as far as saying who it might have been calling on the Rector at that late hour ? ’
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