Example sentences of "n't go as [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | What started out as an objective assessment like ‘ That lesson did n't go as well as I had expected ’ gets recast as ‘ I made a mistake ’ which leads to ‘ I 'm a poor teacher ’ and even ‘ I 'm a failure ( as a person ) ’ . |
| 5 | I think it still is the way forward and I do n't think it was so much that things went wrong as that they did n't go as well as we had hoped for the women elections to the shadow cabinet . |
| 6 | Cos you do n't go as slow as this , even round here something like that Ann . |
| 7 | My pride of race did n't go as deep as my fear of disapproval . |
| 8 | But I confess I do n't go as often as I might , ’ Omi said . |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't go as far as that . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I would n't go as far as to say that but I 'll admit you were in a rather nasty pickle . ’ |
| 11 | Then he looked up with a solemn expression and replied : ‘ Well , I would n't go as far as that . ’ |
| 12 | That 's it , though he does n't go as far as refusing to let you see his picture . |
| 13 | She did n't go as far as to say a nice warm man to slip into bed with , but that was not far from her mind . |
| 14 | That 's right , but it does n't go as far as the Glen , |
| 15 | ‘ So you could n't go as far as saying who it might have been calling on the Rector at that late hour ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ The Atlantic does n't go as far as Tennessee , ’ she said . |
| 17 | You do n't go as far as Church Hill ! |
| 18 | Well you do n't go as far as Church Hill then . |
| 19 | No I would n't go as far as that anyway but I 'm saying they 're in the wrong it 's not you in the wrong , they 're in |