Example sentences of "had not gone [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | But matters had not gone as smoothly as all that . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | He had not gone very far when the mysterious little girl suddenly appeared again , from the dry gully of a mountain stream . |
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 | 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 . |