Example sentences of "could [not/n't] go [adv] far " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ So you could n't go as far as saying who it might have been calling on the Rector at that late hour ? ’ |
| 6 | He knows that we want to hear about his experience of Neighbours — ‘ They asked me to do Neighbours The Cyber Series , but I could n't go that far … feeling what it 's like to be in Jim Robinson 's shirt , what a waste of technology ’ — that we want tales of drugs and tripping , and an outsider 's observations on British cultural mistakes ( the shell suit ) . |
| 7 | The latter do not necessarily imply that the infinitive event actually occurs : ( 173 ) Miriam now ordered Pengally to break down the gate , but he said he really could n't go that far . |
| 8 | The sense expressed would therefore be diagrammable as : This is not the case with have , which always carries the implication that this event is actualized : ( 174 ) * Miriam now had Pengally break down the gate , but he said he really could n't go that far . |
| 9 | This does not distinguish have from get , however , as the latter also implies effectual causation : ( 175 ) * Miriam now got Pengally to break down the gate , but he said he really could n't go that far , |
| 10 | Erm we are saying that we certainly could n't go that far , maybe two hundred thousand but we would want to put it back so you will have an equal there in terms of spending . |