Example sentences of "go [adv] [adv] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Even now , I would not go so far as to say it is a bad staff plan ; after all , it enables a staff of four to cover an unexpected amount of ground .
3 I 'd even go so far as to say I 'm falling in love .
4 ‘ I 'd go so far as to say I was very impressed .
5 ‘ No , Nina , I was n't in love with David Markham , ’ said Rachel firmly , then , seeing that Nina was still slightly bemused , she added , ‘ In fact , I think you could go so far as to say I detested him . ’
6 We then asked him , if he could not go so far as to meet us in full , to introduce an empowering provision .
7 There are those critics of the polytechnics who regard this as a most unfortunate development and would go so far as to castigate them for betraying their primary purpose , which they see as providing for the communities in which they are located , something which of necessity can only be done primarily through part-time provision .
8 ‘ I am to be questioned and interfered with and hounded , not to be left , doing a job of work the way I choose , a necessary job , a job our sister has made tediously inevitable , a job the result of which may save us from potential disgrace , even if we can not go so far as to expect it to improve our situation out of all recognition .
9 But they stopped before the bridge and Sam told the groom he could go home again and meet them back in the centre of the town in two hours .
10 When we have had tea , I think we should go home together and ask her .
11 I 'll see her this evening — in fact , I 'll go home now and catch her before you take her out . ’
12 ‘ So off I went , and when I got to the Severn Bridge , I thought to myself , ‘ I can go straight on and take him to Potter 's and get about four hundred quid carcase value , or turn right for the University and probably have nothing …
13 If it is good one , you can go straight ahead and use it .
14 The police inspector told me : ‘ When he comes out he 'll probably go straight home and attack her . ’
15 In fact , I would go as far as to say he 's a slob .
16 ‘ In fact , I 'd go as far as to say you 've got the worst case of it I 've ever seen . ’
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