Example sentences of "n't go [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily , the bus was n't going as quickly as it would have had there been no traffic , but it was still doing twenty-odd mph . |
| 2 | She was n't going so far as to make protestations of delight in Betty 's company . |
| 3 | We had n't gone as far as we would have liked , and it was touch and go until the very last moment , but we just squeezed past the point between Tanakeke island and the mainland . |
| 4 | ‘ THE shareholders must be hoping the bank has n't gone as far as to give him a company credit card ’ — Labour leader John Smith , on ex-Chancellor Norman Lamont 's new employer , Rothschilds Bank . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | right , tie it off in a reef knot , if you 've got bits that are left dangling they 're too long and you ca n't go round again because it 's gon na make it too tight , you can either tuck them in or else you can fold them down , a nice clean plaster and put it right over the top , okay ? |
| 7 | Unfortunately , household expenses do n't go away just because you 're in hospital or ca n't work for any length of time . |
| 8 | He ca n't go up alone until he 's 16 . |
| 9 | All the different schools had er cos then we had , used to compete against er all sports and we used to get an afternoon football we used to march from up to the and erm play football but we did n't go up there until at half-time at erm play-time so they went to school at two o'clock and at half past three then that 'd be our break , then we 'd go up to erm football till five o'clock . |
| 10 | I sha n't go up there cos he |
| 11 | I think the way it should be tackled is speak to about it , say that we still believe that y'know it ca n't go on forever obviously it ca n't go on forever because I think the longer it goes on the worse it 'll become in all honesty |
| 12 | I 'd rather have the doctor saying that I ca n't go home rather than me signing myself out . |
| 13 | They do n't go any faster than that . |
| 14 | ‘ I promise you it wo n't go any further than the three of us , ’ Sabrina said . |
| 15 | We did n't stop talking like but the talk s just sort of stemmed around the house and the kids and it did n't go any further than that . |
| 16 | Particular example , remember this is all confidential I I 'm told so er er it wo n't go any further than this room . |
| 17 | But she doubted it would go any further — well , could n't go any further as she was only staying the one night . |
| 18 | and it , and it does n't go anywhere anyway cos they 'd of |
| 19 | But that does n't go very far unless you also examine the structural influences which shape personal behaviour . |
| 20 | We 're both disabled : my wife is almost completely unable to walk , and I ca n't go very far because I 've recently lost half a lung |
| 21 | Well we ca n't go out tomorrow cos Amy 's got a party . |
| 22 | I did n't go out again until Ken stormed in and said he 'd found Nicola . ’ |
| 23 | Well you ca n't go out then cos it 'll be snowing right |
| 24 | I do n't drink and do n't go out much so I manage on the money . |
| 25 | ‘ As I told you , I did n't go out much when I worked in London , but I 've got a silk dress which I wore on the few times I went to the opera . |
| 26 | She did n't go so far as to give me her telephone number , but I prudently copied it from the instrument at a point during the interview when she was distracted : when one of Brenda 's children had somehow slipped into the room to find a drum stacked halfway down a pile of similar toys . |
| 27 | Surely they would n't go so far as to break in ? |
| 28 | Though I could n't go so far as to say that service was included as all the waiters seemed interested in was getting the lights off so they could dance with Sorrel . |
| 29 | I 've heard it repeated on the radio recently and even the Secretary of State did n't go so far as to use the ninety percent figure but was talking about the seriously mentally ill and the not so seriously mentally ill . |
| 30 | ‘ Produce your bit of paper , ’ he rapped out , ‘ and , although I wo n't go so far as to give your eventual marriage my blessing , at least I 'll let it run its natural course . |