Example sentences of "not travel far " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was an intelligent man but he had not travelled far , and we spent hours sitting on the verandah talking about our different cultures — he was fascinated by the idea of social security , the nuclear family , double-decker buses and cricket — while above us dark silhouettes of geckoes scurried across the strip lights . |
| 2 | A short time later they were making their way along the road that led beyond the property , and had not travelled far before Silas turned the minibus along a side-road that led towards the boundary . |
| 3 | Despite the view that southern England must have been emptied by trekkers to the coalfields of the north , migrants did not travel far . |
| 4 | These short waves can not travel far because they bounce off even small objects . |
| 5 | Such high frequencies can not travel far because they are rapidly absorbed by floorboards , undergrowth , or even by the air itself , particularly if it is foggy or misty . |