Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] [adv] far " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sanitary legislation could only go so far in monitoring personal health ; what was vital was a popular campaign stressing the individual 's own responsibility to observe the rules of health . |
| 2 | The party could only go as far as the unions would allow and their influence was apparent at all levels . |
| 3 | And you could only go as far as the money would go , could n't you ? |
| 4 | At the moment , however , as she stood outside the door she had intended trying before , one trembling hand hesitating over the latch , Isabel could only think as far ahead as the next few minutes . |
| 5 | Could only get as far as the kitchen . |
| 6 | Because of his Cartesianism , Malebranche could not go so far as to say that material objects were not really extended or in motion , but Pierre Bayle had argued that such restraint was unjustifiable . |
| 7 | Even Amabel could not go so far as to trouble Gemma . |
| 8 | We then asked him , if he could not go so far as to meet us in full , to introduce an empowering provision . |
| 9 | Lucien could not see very far in front of himself because of the tablecloth over his face and was unaware of the bewildered and amused glances he received from passing house staff . |
| 10 | Look , if you do n't mind a bit of running you could just come as far as the Tube with me and we could continue this conversation on the way . |
| 11 | Whether we in this country could ever get as far as the Americans have done , remains to be seen . |
| 12 | Though I could n't go so far as to say that service was included as all the waiters seemed interested in was getting the lights off so they could dance with Sorrel . |
| 13 | ‘ So you could n't go as far as saying who it might have been calling on the Rector at that late hour ? ’ |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 , |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She could n't reach very far , but for as far as she could , the window was clean , bright . |
| 20 | could n't climb very far . |
| 21 | So on the one hand we wanted to be a bit harder edged in our music , but also we could n't get too far away from Bon Jovi as it was , because people obviously bought our records because of the character of them — the songwriting and the playing . |
| 22 | And er really er they themselves thought exactly the same like , but they were talking about other people telling them you know that they could n't get this far but they did . |