Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In terms of a human life-span , the development of a hill-slope takes a very long time , and one could not stay around long enough to test alternative theories of hill-slope development if observation of processes acting on the present landscape produced the only relevant data . |
| 2 | He could not go fast enough now to satisfy him . |
| 3 | ‘ I have to be honest , Ali , I did n't exactly drive out here just to see you . |
| 4 | Pinkie could still think quite clearly enough to know that he had very little prospect of a new commission . |
| 5 | He describes how in the midst of turning around Ebury Press to a £5 million enterprise , she would still wake up early enough to devote the early morning hours and after work to their children , Georgia , four , and Grace , one . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't stay around long enough to check the make , Inspector , ’ I said , pointedly . |
| 7 | Erm bec they do n't speak either very well to start off with . |
| 8 | While it might run Timeworks 3 it does n't do so fast enough to make using it easy . |
| 9 | You look at your life , and it 's like all the good things you ever wanted are loaded up onto a train that you did n't run quite fast enough to catch . |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't reach back far enough to pull it out cleanly . ’ |
| 11 | Which is more than can be said of some burger bars and ‘ diners ’ where the staff are young , dour and ca n't get home quick enough to swap their multinational uniforms for day-glo tracksuits and trainers ( I wonder where that fashion came from ? ) . |