Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb pp] far [conj] " in BNC.

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1 I had not gone far before the rain started and it soon became a sluicing downpour that never abated all day .
2 They had not gone far when again the clerk heard that long , moaning howl .
3 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 .
4 A short time later they were making their way along the road that led beyond the property , and had not travelled far before Silas turned the minibus along a side-road that led towards the boundary .
5 We had n't gone far before we spied the punt entangled in the branches of a willow which had collapsed into the stream .
6 Sarah was worried because it was getting late , and when at last she was out of the hospital she started walking quickly towards Clerkenwell , but she had n't gone far before a hackney cab drew up .
7 But it was a damp , grey morning , and they had n't gone far before it came on to rain .
8 She had n't gone far when she heard Nick wailing behind her , ‘ Carrie , wait for me , wait … ’
9 She set off with only a little food and she had n't gone far when a small boy appeared right in the middle of the road .
10 They had n't gone far when at the side of the road they saw a small boy .
11 She had n't gone far when Alain joined her , and he simply matched his pace to suit her own , saying nothing at all .
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