Example sentences of "[adj] do not go [adv] " in BNC.

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1 This did not go down well .
2 This did not go down well and I was nearly ejected from the cab .
3 This did not go down as well as he might have hoped .
4 ( This did not go down well with the Lionisers .
5 ‘ The Commission and West Germany thought this did not go far enough — others thought it went too far , ’ says Haigh .
6 The French do not go in for diphthongs but have at least one vowel sound that almost defeats the Anglo-Saxon .
7 But this does not go far enough for us and er shortly we will be moving another amendment which will take the council 's budget down to the standard spending assessment and I will speak to that er when I come to move that amendment .
8 I feel you should pick and choose your events carefully , do not run each weekend and if it is hard do not go too fast .
9 But all did not go smoothly for Andrew , who took up golf three years ago .
10 The Crofting Reform ( Scotland ) Act of 1976 did not go quite as far as this , but it did give the crofters the incontestable right to purchase their house and garden , and the optional ( though not incontestable ) right to purchase their land for 15 times the annual rent .
11 In Canada the Human Rights Act 1978 does not go as far as removing mandatory retirement ages ( although there is pressure growing to do so ) but does make it unlawful to deprive people of employment opportunities on grounds of age , as a result of policies or practices relating to recruitment promotion , training , or other personnel matters .
12 New clause 33 does not go far enough .
13 The Majors were forced to endure a 2½-hour drive to the Canadian capital but even that did not go smoothly .
14 Men like that did not go out with girls like herself .
15 But the benefit that the trees obtained from being tall did not go up .
16 Meanwhile Lieutenant Denis O'Flaherty and Trooper Sherington made a determined effort to reach the warehouse ( 'F' ) with Peter Young , who saw three stick grenades flung towards him in quick succession ; the first two missed and the third did not go off .
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