Example sentences of "not go [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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31 Even Amabel could not go so far as to trouble Gemma .
32 But we need not go so far as that ; it will suffice to suppose that firms rise and fall , but that the ‘ representative ’ firm remains always of about the same size , as does the representative tree of a virgin forest . [ … ]
33 It is important that constituents should be able to consult us about confidential matters , but surely we should not go so far as to give comfort to murderers and bombers , as has been suggested .
34 We should not go so far as to hold a referendum , but the people must have the final say .
35 We then asked him , if he could not go so far as to meet us in full , to introduce an empowering provision .
36 Most recent historians would agree that the Hammonds were much too reluctant to accept that there was even serious talk of revolution , although the majority do not go so far as Thompson in their assessment of the seriousness of the threat .
37 However he does not go so far as to paraphrase by " see that " , as does Palmer .
38 Indeed it seems that girls very quickly replaced boys at this task : " Evidently [ the boys " ] tongues do not go so glibly as the girls , " as the STC was already saying as early as 1875 , " for in most of the offices where girls are employed , reading boys are now unknown . "
39 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 ?
40 Unfortunately , household expenses do n't go away just because you 're in hospital or ca n't work for any length of time .
41 He ca n't go up alone until he 's 16 .
42 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 .
43 I sha n't go up there cos he
44 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
45 I 'd rather have the doctor saying that I ca n't go home rather than me signing myself out .
46 They do n't go any faster than that .
47 ‘ I promise you it wo n't go any further than the three of us , ’ Sabrina said .
48 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 .
49 Particular example , remember this is all confidential I I 'm told so er er it wo n't go any further than this room .
50 But she doubted it would go any further — well , could n't go any further as she was only staying the one night .
51 and it , and it does n't go anywhere anyway cos they 'd of
52 But that does n't go very far unless you also examine the structural influences which shape personal behaviour .
53 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
54 Well we ca n't go out tomorrow cos Amy 's got a party .
55 I did n't go out again until Ken stormed in and said he 'd found Nicola . ’
56 Well you ca n't go out then cos it 'll be snowing right
57 I do n't drink and do n't go out much so I manage on the money .
58 ‘ 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 .
59 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 .
60 Surely they would n't go so far as to break in ?
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