Example sentences of "not go far [prep] " in BNC.

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1 A rise in numbers would by itself help to explain why the upper classes were looking for new and wider choice of occupation ; it does not go far towards explaining the popularity of Cîteaux .
2 The 31-year-old ex-paratrooper 's prize for retaining his title at Wembley on Saturday night was £10,000 , which does not go far for a full-time body builder who downs half a dozen eggs after his breakfast cereal and eight to 10 chicken breasts a day when ‘ bulking up ’ .
3 When intellectual influences of this sort have to be considered by the general historian , he can not go far for himself .
4 One or two turns would probably suffice and anyway the money would not go far at this year 's prices .
5 She was slightly agoraphobic and did not go far from home on her own .
6 They lived frugally off a diet of porridge and lentils and beans and yogurt ; they drank a little beer , making it spin out ; they shared book-buying ; they were both entirely confined to their grants , which did not go far in London , and could not be supplemented with holiday earnings , for these had vanished with the oil crisis .
7 Their cheer did not go far in the brittle morning air but it pleased her .
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