Example sentences of "not go too far " in BNC.
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| 1 | ... Alex loved a verbal fight … but he was generally canny enough not to go too far . |
| 2 | Sir James and the prison cell were simply a warning not to go too far , not to presume too much on our present weakness . ’ |
| 3 | The wise use of police discretion and the genuine effort not to go too far in their protest on the part of the pickets and demonstrators is the formula for resolution of this aspect of conflict . |
| 4 | Take care not to go too far ! |
| 5 | But the only other guidance necessary is to say : be as funny as it is in you to be but be careful not to go too far . |
| 6 | Jokes with the younger farm-hands who were wise enough not to go too far with the granddaughter of the boss . |
| 7 | But do not go too far . |
| 8 | Omelettes ( you can not go too far wrong with an omelette , unless it is made with cheese , so no cheese , please ) |
| 9 | This early in the summer most of the hurricane tracks lay well to the south of the Bahamas , but the islands could still be racked by ship-killing tropical storms and , till I was sure of Wavebreaker 's rigging , I would not go too far from safe harbours . |
| 10 | At the same time , one can not go too far with this . |
| 11 | In Britain at least , and to a greater or lesser extent in other financial centres also , this deregulatory trend has been accompanied by a wave of new regulatory developments to ensure that deregulation does not go too far . |
| 12 | Modulations towards keys on the sharp side of the ‘ circle of fifths ’ are good , providing they do not go too far . |
| 13 | On the one hand towards a more realist approach which is essential but can not go too far because if pursued at other than a meso-scale level is in danger of leading towards natural and biological sciences . |
| 14 | She would make sure she did not go too far , or too soon . |
| 15 | ‘ We must not go too far , ’ said Holmes . |
| 16 | But the designer must not go too far in the other direction by filling the schedule with deeply sensitive and thought-provoking questions so that the respondent is exhausted after a short period . |
| 17 | The good news is that the most common infestation , by the woodworm — or anobium punctatum or furniture beetle , call it what you will — can be treated , so long as it has not gone too far into the timbers , at a cost of a few hundred pounds . |
| 18 | If the work has not gone too far , there is often some blank page , or part of one , where these can be noted ; otherwise they will normally be printed on a special slip or leaf which can be ‘ tipped-in ’ ( lightly attached by glue or paste at the inner edge ) . |