Example sentences of "not [verb] [vb pp] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first living organism can not have followed far behind . |
| 2 | He can not have gone far . |
| 3 | Some men may not have gone far from their original homes , but others were willing to seek their fortune at a distance : the London merchant class was recruited from every part of the country , including the far North ( 104 , pp.210–12 , 389–92 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ You would not have got far ! ’ he said grimly . |
| 5 | Some marine algae , no doubt , managed to live on the edges of the seas , rimming the beaches and boulders with green , but they could not have spread far beyond the splash zone , for they would have dried out and died . |