Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps I 'm hoping to meet a man rich enough to keep me in comfort so I can indulge my every whim and fancy and give up work for good , ’ she said drily . |
| 2 | Fair enough — but why had the planets been cruel enough to land her in partnership with the one man in the universe who could drive her crazy with wanting , even as he was — well , just driving her crazy ! |
| 3 | Be careful not to squash them with film wrapping . |
| 4 | The painful blow was hard enough to knock him off balance , and he tucked in his right shoulder , hitting the ground in a flying break-fall . |
| 5 | I have long been suspicious of the official line that terminal bonuses are directly attributed to investment surplus and that poor value on death or on policy premium amendment is the price for higher returns if you are lucky enough to make it to retirement . |
| 6 | If they think of history , it may be hard not to see it in dressing-up terms from telly watching . |
| 7 | In fact she agreed cheerfully that she liked to see the whites of the eyes of any constable stupid enough to encounter her with tie undone or shirt unbuttoned . |
| 8 | Obviously , he sees Britain as the sweatshop of the world — he almost said as much — and , if we are unlucky enough to find him in office for more than a few more months , we may find ourselves taking the place previously occupied by the Soviet Union , as Upper Volta with rockets . |
| 9 | ‘ It will be deep enough to bury me before morning ! ’ |
| 10 | God knew they were powerful enough to knock her into oblivion . |
| 11 | It was just — ’ She turned to face him more fully , curious now to see him in technicolour . |
| 12 | When you are giving tablets to your dog , it may be possible simply to disguise them in food , such as a piece of meat , which can then be added to the dog 's meal . |
| 13 | But chimpanzees do not breed well in captivity , partly because of a long pregnancy and childhood , and trapping them in the wild is expensive and wasteful enough to put them at risk of extinction . |
| 14 | It seemed outrageously unfair that after so long she could not have him to herself and she hoped that his lodger would be tactful enough to leave them in peace during her visit . |
| 15 | When pounded sufficiently fine it flushed out through sieves or perforated plates and thence to hoppers or heaps for further processing , it was important to keep the grills clear , and the stuff moving , for it was vital not to overstamp it into slime . |
| 16 | Preference rules may be broken ; in fact it would be very difficult not to break them from time to time as some of them conflict . |
| 17 | Not bad enough , he judged , for him to stay in bed but bad enough to keep him at home . |
| 18 | This sort of nasal overdrive sound , reminiscent of a blocked sinus ( and about as difficult to get rid of ) , dogs many a small combo amp and I was surprised not to find it in abundance on both VGs . |