Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] go only a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She 'd gone only a short way when some sixth sense brought her to a halt in the nick of time .
2 She had gone only a little way however , when she stopped to check her map and , to her consternation found that when she turned the ignition on again her car would n't go !
3 But she had gone only a few paces before she turned and stared back at the door , a strong sense of oddness — of wrongness — holding her in its grip .
4 He had gone only a few yards however when the horse hurled him over a precipice to his death .
5 But he had gone only a few paces when she called to him .
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