Example sentences of "be lucky [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 're lucky enough to see one at all it will slither off to find a more peaceful rock to sleep under , and since as yet they have n't organised themselves into packs , roaming around looking for people to bite , we can safely say that there 's nothing you will encounter that threatens humans in any way . |
| 2 | ‘ The money we 'll get for the house , if we 're lucky enough to sell it at a good price , will just about pay the bills . ’ |
| 3 | If you 're lucky enough to live at home , or you have your own room in college or good lodgings , you may prefer to study there ( see also Chapter 2 on accommodation ) . |
| 4 | But it comes down to , first of all , whether it 's sensible to borrow against assets , and all of us do if we 're lucky enough to own our own homes we tend to have borrowed either our first mortgage or sometimes a second against it , and we make our own judgement , and I see there are some suggestions on how the Government spotted this with regard to schools in suggesting that perhaps schools could raise money by mortgaging their school buildings , of course |
| 5 | It 's unlikey that you 're lucky enough to own a Sinclair Harding clock — they 're so exclusive , and take so long to make that only seven hundred have been produced over the last twenty five years . |
| 6 | Life 's better for them here when they 're lucky enough to get in . |
| 7 | ‘ And I suppose you 'll bring up the rear , if we 're lucky enough to survive ? ’ said Tommy . |
| 8 | Sadly , unless you 're lucky enough to have a machine with a powerful processor and a large hard disk and you 've got wads of cash for each of these £300-plus packages , then it seems your dreams will come to nothing . |
| 9 | If you 're lucky enough to have a clear day , the view of the distant Alps , the city and the lake beneath is quite unforgettable . |
| 10 | And some , some of their fa , I mean , if they 're lucky enough to have families who do help them that , er that , that 's fine , but I mean a lot of them do n't have anybody at all , and they really have to pay their gas , electric , rent , poll tax , off an absolute pittance ! |
| 11 | You can invest up to nine thousand pounds over five years , er rates vary with the society unless you 're lucky enough to have a fixed rate . |
| 12 | If you 're lucky enough to have a colour printer , you can also fiddle with text and background colours . |
| 13 | But , ’ said Terry darkly , leaning towards me , ‘ this is something you should know , if you 're lucky enough to work with him one day . ’ |
| 14 | Unlike most birdwatchers , I am lucky enough to live less than four hours ' drive from their regular winter home — a wildfowl marsh constructed by one of the Maharajahs of Bharatpur . |
| 15 | I can say this because I am lucky enough to live in the other gulf — the gulf between the personal and the political — that such events open up . |
| 16 | Every August or early September for the last few years I have been lucky enough to receive a present of ripe mulberries from a magnificent old tree in the garden of Rainham Hall in Essex . |
| 17 | And dispersing the audience 's attention among nine separate TV sets is a sure way of dispersing any atmosphere you may have been lucky enough to set up . |
| 18 | I have been lucky enough to stroke porpoises from a rowing boat in Loch Torridon , swim in a deep burn with a baby otter in Ardnamurchan and help clear somebody 's cottage loft out of a deep pile of pine marten droppings . |
| 19 | Over the years I 've been lucky enough to see pine martens , golden eagles , otters , blue hares , foxes and a huge variety of birds , including a snowy egret at Torridon , wildly off course from its African and European haunts . |
| 20 | We have been lucky enough to see the Minister of State ; he has been very kind and we have had really good discussions with him . |
| 21 | Those are just some of the memories I will take with me from this year 's Ryder Cup to join those I have of my previous three captaincies and I wish the next Ryder Cup Captain as much joy and success as I 've been lucky enough to experience . |
| 22 | I have been lucky enough to have almost the perfect relationship with my act . |
| 23 | It had been lucky enough to have survived the ravages of the Great Fire of 1666 , when its tower acted as a vantage-point from which Samuel Pepys could stare in horror at the extent of the blaze . |
| 24 | And at least we 've been lucky enough to get a bottom bunk . ’ |
| 25 | In this imaginary scenario , I 've been lucky enough to get a mailing list of some of the country 's top plastic surgeons . |
| 26 | We were not terribly surprised when he was informed that he would only receive the basic amount , since he had been lucky enough to get a golden handshake . |
| 27 | I 've been lucky enough to get two lots through , but with the third lot I did n't succeed . |
| 28 | The most difficult part of the journey had been the hitch-hike from Udine to Treviso , but at Treviso he had been lucky enough to meet the local head of the Allied Military Government , who occupied another luxurious villa . |
| 29 | A bit of fish , a little sauce , one or two new potatoes boiled and then rolled in butter and parsley , and a frond or two of samphire if you have been lucky enough to find it . |
| 30 | I 've been lucky enough to play with several international captains — Colin Deans , Gary Callander , Finlay Calder and David Sole — and they have all been splendid leaders , different in their own ways but earning the respect of their colleagues . |