Example sentences of "had [not/n't] go far " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had not gone far before the leading vehicle halted at a metal pole stretched across the road , and the rest of the convoy bunched up behind . |
| 2 | I had not gone far before the rain started and it soon became a sluicing downpour that never abated all day . |
| 3 | In many cases , however , the new Boards felt that their predecessors had not gone far enough . |
| 4 | The more he thought about it , the more he felt that the contract he had renegotiated with Virgin had not gone far enough . |
| 5 | Mr Davies told the Commons that Norman Lamont 's Budget though courageous , had not gone far enough . |
| 6 | ‘ His criticism of my sermon was that I had not gone far enough , ’ continued Father Kipling . |
| 7 | They had not gone far when again the clerk heard that long , moaning howl . |
| 8 | They had not gone far , when they had stepped into a small clearing . |
| 9 | They left the house by the same route by which they had entered , though had not gone far when her escort stopped to exchange a few words with an odd-job man who was undertaking a minor repair near some outbuildings . |
| 10 | ‘ They had n't gone far — where did you find them ? ’ |
| 11 | That ‘ rose-red ’ cliché rang true but Burton had n't gone far enough in hyperbole . |
| 12 | She had n't gone far , when she heard a crash ! |
| 13 | She had n't gone far , when she heard a clatter ! |
| 14 | She had n't gone far , when she heard a thud ! |
| 15 | We had n't gone far before we spied the punt entangled in the branches of a willow which had collapsed into the stream . |
| 16 | Sarah was worried because it was getting late , and when at last she was out of the hospital she started walking quickly towards Clerkenwell , but she had n't gone far before a hackney cab drew up . |
| 17 | She had n't gone far when she heard Nick wailing behind her , ‘ Carrie , wait for me , wait … ’ |
| 18 | She set off with only a little food and she had n't gone far when a small boy appeared right in the middle of the road . |
| 19 | They had n't gone far when at the side of the road they saw a small boy . |
| 20 | But it was a damp , grey morning , and they had n't gone far before it came on to rain . |
| 21 | She had n't gone far when Alain joined her , and he simply matched his pace to suit her own , saying nothing at all . |
| 22 | He had n't gone far . |
| 23 | The May the fourth directive had n't gone far enough , you needed to go beyond that . |