Example sentences of "[verb] not gone [adv] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 We had n't gone far before we spied the punt entangled in the branches of a willow which had collapsed into the stream .
3 But it was a damp , grey morning , and they had n't gone far before it came on to rain .
4 She had n't gone far when she heard Nick wailing behind her , ‘ Carrie , wait for me , wait … ’
5 But I have n't gone really as I hoped cos I 'd envisaged having the membership list with sort of names of who 'll make cakes , who 'll help on the stall and then know who to phone
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