Example sentences of "n't go [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was n't going so far as to make protestations of delight in Betty 's company . |
| 2 | We had n't gone as far as we would have liked , and it was touch and go until the very last moment , but we just squeezed past the point between Tanakeke island and the mainland . |
| 3 | ‘ THE shareholders must be hoping the bank has n't gone as far as to give him a company credit card ’ — Labour leader John Smith , on ex-Chancellor Norman Lamont 's new employer , Rothschilds Bank . |
| 4 | We had n't gone very far when we met up with another Lancaster returning from a Cook 's Tour , and to my horror the two aircraft then flew wing-tip to wing-tip all the way home . |
| 5 | But that does n't go very far unless you also examine the structural influences which shape personal behaviour . |
| 6 | We 're both disabled : my wife is almost completely unable to walk , and I ca n't go very far because I 've recently lost half a lung |
| 7 | She did n't go so far as to give me her telephone number , but I prudently copied it from the instrument at a point during the interview when she was distracted : when one of Brenda 's children had somehow slipped into the room to find a drum stacked halfway down a pile of similar toys . |
| 8 | Surely they would n't go so far as to break in ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I 've heard it repeated on the radio recently and even the Secretary of State did n't go so far as to use the ninety percent figure but was talking about the seriously mentally ill and the not so seriously mentally ill . |
| 11 | ‘ Produce your bit of paper , ’ he rapped out , ‘ and , although I wo n't go so far as to give your eventual marriage my blessing , at least I 'll let it run its natural course . |
| 12 | I would n't go so far as to say there 's no skill , because if you do have skill in identifying draws , then you 'll increase your chances of winning by using your skill in identifying those draws , but how much you win depends very heavily on how many draws there are and how many other people choose those same draws . |
| 13 | ‘ I would n't go as far as that . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I would n't go as far as to say that but I 'll admit you were in a rather nasty pickle . ’ |
| 15 | Then he looked up with a solemn expression and replied : ‘ Well , I would n't go as far as that . ’ |
| 16 | That 's it , though he does n't go as far as refusing to let you see his picture . |
| 17 | She did n't go as far as to say a nice warm man to slip into bed with , but that was not far from her mind . |
| 18 | That 's right , but it does n't go as far as the Glen , |
| 19 | ‘ So you could n't go as far as saying who it might have been calling on the Rector at that late hour ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The Atlantic does n't go as far as Tennessee , ’ she said . |
| 21 | You do n't go as far as Church Hill ! |
| 22 | Well you do n't go as far as Church Hill then . |
| 23 | No I would n't go as far as that anyway but I 'm saying they 're in the wrong it 's not you in the wrong , they 're in |