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Example sentences of "[adv] enough [to-vb] me " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	It was not a bad wound , but entirely enough to make me land badly and wrench my ankle .
2	Long enough to let me do what I need to do in Lothian .
3	But my great joy is that my parents both lived long enough to see me established on television .
4	I believe he overcame his aversion for — for anything — stronger long enough to beget me .
5	He paused just long enough to make me feel uncomfortable , then said : ‘ Very well . ’
6	But she was in such a hurry that she just could n't stay for long enough to help me with breastfeeding Stephen .
7	She stayed long enough to tell me the story and never once remarked on the Ealing comedy taking place outside the window .
8	She 's in the basement watching ‘ the telly ’ ' — he picked out the words sarcastically — ‘ though she did glance away from the screen just long enough to tell me that it was her mother 's bingo night .
9	Michelle was the only one on duty there , but she put down the latest James Herbert long enough to tell me that yes , they had sent for an Airborne messenger just after eleven , and that Anna kept asking if I 'd called .
10	The truth is , I have had only enough to permit me to drown my sorrows . ’
11	But it was not enough to give me a complex , not as it would have been in America .
12	I was seething , yes , but not enough to keep me away from you .
13	It is not enough to make me forget that the owl remains elsewhere .
14	Certainly his terse telephone technique had annoyed me last night , but not enough to make me want to spit at the sight of him .
15	I felt fine — refreshed almost — my leg a little sore but not enough to impede me , although I did wonder at the wisdom of the ‘ cute red heels and hose ’ as I wriggled my feet into the 4-inch-high stilettos .
16	Deliberately avoiding eye contact and slightly quickening my pace were not enough to get me by .
17	An unmarked Ford Escort pulled out from the kerb slow enough to give me plenty of time to ease up and reach for the horn .
18	She said carrying the water up from the well had taken a great deal of time which , when I saw her filling the bucket , I was not surprised since she lowered the rope slow enough to make me fall asleep watching .
19	A finger of fudge is just enough to give me myself a dee dee dee dee !
20	just enough to leave me with a strange sense
21	And I did see a little of Pauline , when she was small , just enough to remind me .
22	‘ Not very much , just enough to enable me to come to Ireland . ’
23	And I therefore had some control — just enough to keep me going — over myself .
24	I had stopped seeing the nightmare shape when I shut my eyes but every so often the pigeon stirred just enough to keep me awake .
25	He had hinted as much more than once , just vaguely , just enough to entice me so that I want to ask what , so that he knows that I want to ask .
26	so I 've put that away , I , it ai n't even in my account , Alan 's got that and I said to Alan if I pass this test I shall buy a banger , five hundred quid with this tax money and then put the odd to insurance , if I do n't I 'll leave it where it is , because I , I mean little one will want a holiday and that anyway so I 've kept it for that , but that 's what I intend to do , so I said to Alan if I get a little banger just enough to get me to Tettering and back I was gon na go tech , to do some courses
27	I put on a bit of make-up — not like before , not like a freak , just enough to make me feel respectable .
28	Malpass had told me a few more bits of the story ; not enough to know what was really going on but just enough to make me feel uncomfortable .
29	‘ I never miss Midnight Mass at St Martin's-in-the-Field , ’ Oscar told him , ‘ so I 'd appreciate it greatly ii the meeting could be concluded quickly enough to allow me time to get there and find a pew with a good view . ’
30	But there was still enough to enchant me .