Example sentences of "have not [verb] very far " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Journal has not got very far in finding out where the applications are expected to come from — or how the thing will be marketed . |
| 2 | The study of industry by economic historians has progressed apace , but the understanding of industry in its landscape has not advanced very far . |
| 3 | They had not gone very far when a great brightness showed over the mountains beyond the forest , and suddenly in front of them they saw a beautiful young man , all dressed in gold , with a scarlet lining to his cloak . |
| 4 | He had not gone very far when the mysterious little girl suddenly appeared again , from the dry gully of a mountain stream . |
| 5 | He had not got very far with Pilger 's list . |
| 6 | The idea was to move away from an elitist and centralist view of things , yet it was to be a long time before such changes were implemented in the Government 's media , and it might well be argued that they have not progressed very far to this day . |