Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] be [not/n't] far [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mary had long ago disappeared but he knew — and was comforted in knowing — that she was not far off : he knew he would have the time to approach her : and on this occasion , he wanted to be sure to get her . |
| 2 | They kept peering about on all sides as though they knew that he was not far off but they seemed reluctant to leave the path . |
| 3 | No you 're l but you 're not far out with sort of age or style and that sort of thing . |
| 4 | They are not quite community workers and centres but they are not far off . |
| 5 | It was n't exactly square on to the place where Sal 's Golf had gone for a roll , but it was n't far off . |