Example sentences of "can [adv] [vb infin] far " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I ca n't walk far on my leg now because it 's a bit twisted but I 'm having physiotherapy .
2 He ca n't walk far alone . ’
3 ‘ It ca n't go far , it 's no use to us as it is and we may be able to pick it up some other time . ’
4 There 's too much going on in Adventuredom to give much room to its older denizens , but you ca n't go far wrong with Bloodwych — it got a Sizzler in Issue 65 !
5 AQUARIUS You ca n't go far wrong this week when it comes to expressing yourself .
6 ‘ I just ca n't see far away at all , and at night everything is blurry , especially indoors .
7 They ca n't see far enough to make out the hollow . ’
8 Doyle , slightly aggrieved , said , ‘ He ca n't get far , sir .
9 Ca n't get far without money , you know . ’
10 What was so terrible about last night that you ca n't get far enough away from it ?
11 These short waves can not travel far because they bounce off even small objects .
12 Such high frequencies can not travel far because they are rapidly absorbed by floorboards , undergrowth , or even by the air itself , particularly if it is foggy or misty .
13 If you have the cash and a few decent musical ideas , you can not go far wrong .
14 When intellectual influences of this sort have to be considered by the general historian , he can not go far for himself .
15 If you are new to comms you can not go far wrong with
16 If a horse does pull from anxiety , it is always worthwhile trying a milder bit — in an enclosed space , he can not go far if it does not work .
17 But it can not stray far from water .
18 Deep-sea fish and whales have little or no light by day or by night , because the sun 's rays can not penetrate far below the surface .
19 On the tail , lane road , give way to vehicles coming towards you you must not overtake if you would have to cross or straddle double white lines with a solid line on the out of you , erm if you 're within a zig zag area , the pelican crossing , after a normal overtaking sign until the end of the restriction , do not overtake when you can not see far enough ahead , for example , when coming through
20 But , ironically enough , pull on your walking boots and dig out an anorak because you can still see far more sleeper-skeletal evidence of their trackbeds today than those standard gauge lines of the lowland travelled by people in recent memory .
21 You can also have far less errors etcetera .
22 Thus , when we are told that everything is ‘ OK ’ we prefer to believe that this is so , although what people say can often contain far deeper and more subtle feelings and personal emotions .
23 That way you can never go far wrong . ’
24 If educated people without conquistador bloodlines can never rise far , it is no use giving scholarships .
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