Sentence examples for get him very far from inspiring English sources

Gail Collins: Bold and serious didn't get him very far then.

Obama has learned that compromising on core issues won't get him very far with the Republican-held Congress.

When the reader rang back, asking for what sounded like "a reporter" didn't get him very far.

His platform did not get him very far in the 1980 presidential race, which he entered as the head of his own Citizens Partyy.

I can tell he's confident that he's finally going to win his argument with the same nonstarter that didn't get him very far last year.

Walking in and announcing, "Hi, I'm a director and I'm 24 years old," he recalls, did not get him very far.

Nor was it getting him very far.

"Not that it ever got him very far, always running after the next new thing like that.

Mr. Rutelli has often complained about Mr. Berlusconi's media advantage, but that has not gotten him very far.

DiBella alternately described Malignaggi as "a little nutty" and "still nutty" and "always nutty," and acknowledged that "his mouth, his confidence, have gotten him very, very far".

People that just get up and go don't get very far and make little money.