Example sentences of "[verb] far [subord] " 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 | ‘ He went far because he 's so correct he never upset anybody , ’ was the general opinion she heard later . |
| 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 | I had not gone far before the rain started and it soon became a sluicing downpour that never abated all day . |
| 6 | But it was a damp , grey morning , and they had n't gone far before it came on to rain . |
| 7 | Nor had they gone far before she was forced to stand still and stare up at tall tree-ferns , their gracefully curving fronds sheltering the path like a row of lofty umbrellas . |
| 8 | She had n't gone far when she heard Nick wailing behind her , ‘ Carrie , wait for me , wait … ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They had n't gone far when at the side of the road they saw a small boy . |
| 11 | They had not gone far when again the clerk heard that long , moaning howl . |
| 12 | She had n't gone far when Alain joined her , and he simply matched his pace to suit her own , saying nothing at all . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | If a horse does pull from anxiety , it is always worthwhile trying a milder bit — in an enclosed space , he can not go far if it does not work . |
| 15 | The CDU would not let economic planning be taken as far as the SPD favoured , farmers protested against cuts in agricultural subsidies and defence cuts could not go far because of fears of weakening NATO . |
| 16 | He could n't believe that it would have wandered far when it had n't even been outside the stable for such a long time . |
| 17 | There is unlikely to be a Day of the Jackal in Baghdad , therefore , Iraq is a closed society , and no hawk-faced marksman will get far if he tries to stalk Saddam . |
| 18 | These short waves can not travel far because they bounce off even small objects . |
| 19 | Such high frequencies can not travel far because they are rapidly absorbed by floorboards , undergrowth , or even by the air itself , particularly if it is foggy or misty . |