Example sentences of "[vb -s] not [verb] far [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In eight years of operation , the VSOE charter train has not strayed far from its original concept . |
| 2 | And although attendance during the rainy season was poor , the company 's projection of 11m visitors for the first year has not proved far from the mark . |
| 3 | So far this argument has not departed far from the ‘ radical social control ’ position outlined above . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |