Example sentences of "[vb past] not gone [adv] [subord] " 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 | We had n't gone far before we spied the punt entangled in the branches of a willow which had collapsed into the stream . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But it was a damp , grey morning , and they had n't gone far before it came on to rain . |
| 7 | She had n't gone far when she heard Nick wailing behind her , ‘ Carrie , wait for me , wait … ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They had n't gone far when at the side of the road they saw a small boy . |
| 10 | She had n't gone far when Alain joined her , and he simply matched his pace to suit her own , saying nothing at all . |
| 11 | However , we had n't gone more than a few yards when she stopped and turned around . |