Example sentences of "had not gone [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , when you resurfaced , there were the memories and the truths still ; they had not gone away , and the only difference was that one was now less equipped to deal with them than before . |
| 2 | The result is a discourse in which certain expressions , such as " the river had not gone away either or the mountains " ( p. 31 ) must be interpreted as " literally " representing the perceptions of the people , whereas for us they would normally have to be interpreted metaphorically . |
| 3 | Those of us dropping into Dunedin with a touring international or provincial team could usually rely , if things had not gone well for Otago , on Mains later proclaiming that his side had in some way been unfairly treated either by fate or the referee . |
| 4 | Tilda had not gone straight onto Rochester . |
| 5 | But matters had not gone as smoothly as all that . |
| 6 | This contained some very relevant names and addresses which the Pakistani owner had obviously tried to dispose of during the night , but in the confusion and darkness he had failed to realise it had not gone overboard . " |
| 7 | They had not gone far before the leading vehicle halted at a metal pole stretched across the road , and the rest of the convoy bunched up behind . |
| 8 | I had not gone far before the rain started and it soon became a sluicing downpour that never abated all day . |
| 9 | In many cases , however , the new Boards felt that their predecessors had not gone far enough . |
| 10 | The more he thought about it , the more he felt that the contract he had renegotiated with Virgin had not gone far enough . |
| 11 | Mr Davies told the Commons that Norman Lamont 's Budget though courageous , had not gone far enough . |
| 12 | ‘ His criticism of my sermon was that I had not gone far enough , ’ continued Father Kipling . |
| 13 | They had not gone far when again the clerk heard that long , moaning howl . |
| 14 | They had not gone far , when they had stepped into a small clearing . |
| 15 | They left the house by the same route by which they had entered , though had not gone far when her escort stopped to exchange a few words with an odd-job man who was undertaking a minor repair near some outbuildings . |
| 16 | This was the most positive action he had yet taken in his conflicts with the king : even with Rufus he had not gone so far . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He had not gone very far when the mysterious little girl suddenly appeared again , from the dry gully of a mountain stream . |
| 19 | Things had not gone too smoothly in hospital and it was taking a long time to recover . |
| 20 | Again Balfour 's account is in substantial agreement , although he adds the gloss that when , at one stage in his summing up he referred to his assumption that Asquith would not serve under either Law or Lloyd George , Asquith intervened to say that he had not gone quite so far as that ; he must consult his friends before giving a final answer . |
| 21 | They had not gone overseas out of a belief in religious toleration . |
| 22 | And the swarm of people flowed down the path , stumbling on stones where a burn ran in winter or after thunderstorms , between the silvery wands of rowans with their clusters of blood-drops and the quivering tapestry of the alders , down into the Tay which ran from the west like molten iron , too flashing bright to look at , and over the Tay , wet to the waist ; the girls and boys who had not gone home were prancing and shrieking when they fell full length . |
| 23 | Direct from work , he had not gone home ; till , he knew not how , but a fight of sorts , he now had stitches in his eye . |
| 24 | She began to hurry , sorry now that she had not gone home , because all of a sudden the thought of missing out on a rave did n't seem that bad . |
| 25 | Just got in , well it were n't , it had n't gone right the way through , we just turned it over and chu , chucked the sheets and blankets back on once they 'd stopped smouldering and got back on it ! |
| 26 | I wish she had n't gone away . |
| 27 | The summer still had n't gone away , although we were almost out of September . |
| 28 | I think if she had n't gone away at Christmas she would have gone round the bend |
| 29 | Er and the only reason that I thought they may have been favourable , would have been based on the principle of fair play , but then erm when you think of er companies who are making profits from year to year which were in excess of the previous years , then by the time three years expired , our members could have been in a loss situation , if indeed they had n't gone forward and argued the case at domestic level . |
| 30 | 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 . |