Example sentences of "not very far " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a summer evening in a wood not very far West of the River Dyle . |
| 2 | However , we do know that whilst Margaret was lodging in Aldersgate , Richard was staying not very far away , with a friend , in Little Britain . |
| 3 | Between them , they accounted for 36 per cent of the 955 fault types , with carpenters and joiners not very far behind at 27 per cent . |
| 4 | In 1935 she was sold on to the ironstone industry in the Cranford area and ended her working life at Byfield in 1963 — ironically not very far from the GCR . |
| 5 | Not very far from me another baby by , apparently full fed and contented . |
| 6 | One of the most impressive of recent contributions is the meticulously detailed and subtly perceptive work of Professor Victor Turner amongst the Ndembu people , who also live in Central Africa and not very far from the Congo Lele . |
| 7 | The replacement of the ego ideal by the leader is facilitated if the separation of the ego and the ego ideal is not very far advanced among the members of the group . |
| 8 | I remember two very special expeditions to the top of the Heath — not very far from our house which stood at almost the height of the cross on St Paul 's Cathedral , a fact that was emblazoned on the house above us in the East Heath Road . |
| 9 | She had appeared one evening at the kitchen door with her hands outstretched , though not very far . |
| 10 | Sometimes I 'm not very far from utter despair . |
| 11 | And perhaps that was not very far at all . |
| 12 | Not very far away there was also a policeman . |
| 13 | Greek colonies had prospered in Italy not very far from Rome for centuries . |
| 14 | ‘ Not very far , ’ he said . |
| 15 | ‘ I hope you did n't mind , ’ said Lesley Paviour blithely , swinging the wheel of the old Morris nonchalantly as they negotiated the sharp turn by the downstream bend of the Comer , not very far from where Gerry Boden 's body had been towed ashore . |
| 16 | So I slept in a little damp attic room which smelt of apples , my head not very far away from the dream-troubled heads of Shelley and his mistress . |
| 17 | The caressing hand stilled and withdrew , but not very far . |
| 18 | A similar story can be told about Foston parish not very far away . |