Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] [adv] far [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The party could only go as far as the unions would allow and their influence was apparent at all levels .
2 And you could only go as far as the money would go , could n't you ?
3 Could only get as far as the kitchen .
4 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 .
5 Even Amabel could not go so far as to trouble Gemma .
6 We then asked him , if he could not go so far as to meet us in full , to introduce an empowering provision .
7 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 .
8 Whether we in this country could ever get as far as the Americans have done , remains to be seen .
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 ‘ So you could n't go as far as saying who it might have been calling on the Rector at that late hour ? ’
11 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 .
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