Example sentences of "would not [vb infin] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | Provided one remembered that a poll was simply a snapshot of voting intention at the time it was taken and that national polls should have a sample of at least 1,000 , one would not go far wrong . |
| 2 | One or two turns would probably suffice and anyway the money would not go far at this year 's prices . |
| 3 | A buyer for the long haul would not skate far past the optimal point and towards bankruptcy costs . |
| 4 | In many places the wood was too thick and Marian thought that horses would not get far in it . |
| 5 | Even so there were times when the money just would not stretch far enough . |
| 6 | But given a better switch and pots , and a beefier bridge pickup , old blue would n't fall far short of the maximum . |
| 7 | Whatever the disciplinary practices across the generations , it is plain to see that without a reasonable amount of co-operation and compliance from the child , parents would n't get far in fulfilling their objectives . |
| 8 | The police would n't get far without help from public-spirited persons like yourself . |
| 9 | But they would n't get far . |
| 10 | " We could try , but we would n't get far . " |
| 11 | He knew he would n't get far , but hoped to find deep water . |
| 12 | Out of the whole mess , Curtis took consolation from two factors — wounded and losing blood , the bastard would n't get far on foot , and into the bargain he had lost his knife — already on its way to Forensic , who would doubtless prove it to have been the murder weapon with which he had butchered his victims . |
| 13 | That would n't get far with Mahmoud , who , strict Muslim that he was , drank only coffee . |
| 14 | But the boy would n't stray far . |
| 15 | They have a beautiful house in Oxfordshire and would n't venture far from it if the work situation was better for members of the acting profession . |