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

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1 At the moment , however , as she stood outside the door she had intended trying before , one trembling hand hesitating over the latch , Isabel could only think as far ahead as the next few minutes .
2 Not in those days , not for a good Catholic girl like Mary Moxton , who would only lapse so far , and abortion was a lot further .
3 The party could only go as far as the unions would allow and their influence was apparent at all levels .
4 ‘ We will only go as far as suggesting some of the market leaders like Sage and Pegasus , then we let the customers decide ’ .
5 Teddy refuses to be drawn on his early life and will only go as far back as the Biggin Hill Air Fair of June this year when Anita and Bob Armstrong ‘ adopted ’ him .
6 Some of the migrants may only go as far as southern Europe .
7 And you could only go as far as the money would go , could n't you ?
8 Grammar , as I pointed out in the preceding chapter , can only go so far .
9 Sanitary legislation could only go so far in monitoring personal health ; what was vital was a popular campaign stressing the individual 's own responsibility to observe the rules of health .
10 Well there 's the gate , he can only go so far with the gate anyway , so it wo n't really matter yeah yeah you ought to see all the pegs at the back of me fridge
11 We can only go so far as union negotiators .
12 Could only get as far as the kitchen .
13 Floristry comes cheaper , and I knew Gran 's money would only stretch so far . ’
14 A groove 7 isolates the laser section from the FET section of the vapor and need only extend as far as layer 5 .
15 We have just been advised that the study of the proposed L.R.T. system has now been completed , and that this has resulted in a proposal that the L.R.T. lines will only extend as far as Dundonald .
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