Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For her latest exhibition , Oulton has gone even further to distance herself from Old Master traditions and concepts of Englishness . |
| 2 | Irony in Estella 's true background after Pip has tried so hard to distance himself from the lower classes and she turns out to have come from them . |
| 3 | Deep down she knew that she should apologise for what she had said , but she 'd had enough today to last her a lifetime ! |
| 4 | Heady stuff , and to reject it outright with a condescending intellectual leer would have felt like a return trip down the chute into futility ; but now , with the radio offering a bleaker view of things , I was less certain why I 'd agreed so eagerly to meet him in the library of the Hall this morning . |
| 5 | I wish he 'd lived long enough to meet you . ’ |
| 6 | They were the Test Match addicts , very small babies , icecream van drivers or , as in our house , parents with toddlers who WO N'T stay put long enough to let them catch breath , let alone get a tan ! |
| 7 | She hated excessive make-up and had applied just enough to emphasize her striking looks . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've done very well to reach your present level . |
| 9 | Although no clear winner emerged from the debate , most commentators believed that Clinton had performed well enough to consolidate his position as the leading contender . |
| 10 | ‘ I guess I 've had long enough to accept it . |
| 11 | Luckily for them they had been fed and wormed regularly but no one had got near enough to handle them or consequently to put a halter on them . |
| 12 | Tom Dawson had hovered on the brink between life and death , and all the time they had worked so desperately to save him , she had been aware that it was n't just one life they had been fighting for but two . |
| 13 | The illusion had lasted long enough to make her accept his invitation to spend a few days away as a reward for all her hard work at the shop . |
| 14 | Oh please , thought Grainne , please let it be that , for I have come so far to find it . |
| 15 | The truth is , I have had only enough to permit me to drown my sorrows . ’ |