Example sentences of "not [vb pp] far before " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I had not gone far before the rain started and it soon became a sluicing downpour that never abated all day . |
| 3 | We had n't gone far before we spied the punt entangled in the branches of a willow which had collapsed into the stream . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But it was a damp , grey morning , and they had n't gone far before it came on to rain . |