Example sentences of "not [vb infin] that far " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not have to go that far and I do not go that far . ’ |
| 2 | I do not have to go that far and I do not go that far … |
| 3 | He thought she might be on the point of offering him a nip of whisky but she did not go that far . |
| 4 | My Lords for reasons that have already been explained to Your Lordships and which I will not pursue yet for , er it seems that everybody 's agreed that it is important that the erm local authority representatives should be in the majority and I have to admit that my amendments do not go that far because I was concentrating on getting the magistrates back where they ought to be , er but er that is one thing , the other is that it er was an interesting point that er the Noble Lord , Lord of Greenwich raised , that my Noble Friend Lord Whitelaw er at columns four eighty and four eight one er questioned whether it was indeed appropriate that er the Home Secretary should make these appointments . |
| 5 | It was a deep grey blue leading into the lands of sunless winter ; the weak golden fingers to the south can not stretch that far . |
| 6 | Ca n't remember that far . |
| 7 | You do n't sail that far down |
| 8 | Well to be honest Ja I ca n't see that far normally from where I live I can see the White Horse bank but it 's shrouded in mist at the moment erm no I ca n't see so I could n't tell you whether there there is snow up there or not . |
| 9 | He knows that we want to hear about his experience of Neighbours — ‘ They asked me to do Neighbours The Cyber Series , but I could n't go that far … feeling what it 's like to be in Jim Robinson 's shirt , what a waste of technology ’ — that we want tales of drugs and tripping , and an outsider 's observations on British cultural mistakes ( the shell suit ) . |
| 10 | I did n't go that far back . |
| 11 | ‘ Let's just hope it does n't go that far . ’ |
| 12 | things or they some wo n't go that far . |
| 13 | ‘ I would n't go that far , ’ she said coolly . |
| 14 | ‘ Mrs Smith is a model and she also runs a shop in Solihull ; coincidence does n't go that far , Miss Adams . ’ |
| 15 | I just ca n't go that far away , not overnight or … |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , I would n't go that far . |
| 17 | The latter do not necessarily imply that the infinitive event actually occurs : ( 173 ) Miriam now ordered Pengally to break down the gate , but he said he really could n't go that far . |
| 18 | The sense expressed would therefore be diagrammable as : This is not the case with have , which always carries the implication that this event is actualized : ( 174 ) * Miriam now had Pengally break down the gate , but he said he really could n't go that far . |
| 19 | This does not distinguish have from get , however , as the latter also implies effectual causation : ( 175 ) * Miriam now got Pengally to break down the gate , but he said he really could n't go that far , |
| 20 | Er diary does n't go that far . |
| 21 | Erm we are saying that we certainly could n't go that far , maybe two hundred thousand but we would want to put it back so you will have an equal there in terms of spending . |
| 22 | But anti hunt lobby say they wo n't go that far . |
| 23 | I would n't go that far ! |
| 24 | I would n't go that far . |
| 25 | But it does n't go that far . |
| 26 | There are lots of things I 'd like to buy — such as organic food — but our budget just wo n't stretch that far . ’ |
| 27 | I certainly was Okay wo n't stretch that far you see Okay , well basically you all felt appalling about tutorials and er , yes ? |
| 28 | There was a long pause then Rachel went on , ‘ Ian was n't prepared to put up with that , and I decided if his understanding would n't stretch that far I was better off without him . ’ |
| 29 | Thankfully , it did n't get that far . |
| 30 | Most sociologists , economists and politicians , after all , do n't get that far . |