Example sentences of "you be [adv] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Very useful things , ladders , especially when you 're on the top of one — there 's nowhere for you to run , which I get the feeling you are contemplating , and I think even you are n't callous enough to push me off backwards . ’ |
| 2 | Even if you are not lucky enough to have , as John Creasey did , a police officer as a neighbour or fellow member of some institution , you are likely to find on the whole that a visit to your local police station will pay off . |
| 3 | I hope that you are now well enough to accept the attached invitation to a charity bail on the first evening of the York meeting . |
| 4 | But this , of course , does not mean that they are not enjoying your company , if you show that you are quite happy just to sit quietly with them , looking through a newspaper or reading a book ; for silence is for sharing too on the right occasions . |
| 5 | You 're also wise enough to know that finding the person who 's right for you requires a very subtle alchemy . |
| 6 | You 're not strong enough to push him |
| 7 | And you 're not strong enough to throw him out . |
| 8 | Yeah , but you 're not stupid enough to sell them to me would you ? |
| 9 | He had kept making remarks like ‘ You 're not really good enough to make the team ’ or ‘ You 're not good enough to beat Mike McFarlane and Cameron . ’ |
| 10 | oh right , what saying ? , you 're not brainy enough to go to college |
| 11 | ‘ So you 're not honest enough to admit you 're ready to be loved . ’ |
| 12 | You 're not big enough to drink wine |
| 13 | You 've practically got to be committed under the mental health act before you 're not sound enough to make a will . |
| 14 | ‘ But if you 're not willing even to try and be helpful — ’ |
| 15 | You 're not old enough to shave yet , just give your hands a good wash and do n't leave a mark in the sink . |
| 16 | You 're both old enough to remember your mother 's meatloaf . |
| 17 | Having observed Peter 's defiant behaviour with the drink , Marc tightened his lips and said , ‘ We 'll eat now while you 're still sober enough to appreciate Pierre 's cooking . ’ |
| 18 | You 've lost your ships , you 've lost your friends in Ireland , you 've lost the Lady Emma and the active support of the Pope , but you 're still strong enough to stop Harald of Norway from using you as a base , and you 're no threat to Wessex so long as you get rid of those Normans . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You 're undoubtedly old enough to know better , to learn from past experience . |
| 20 | If you think about it , as you were n't strong enough to respond on the first round , you can hardly want to redouble now to play . |
| 21 | ‘ You were n't stupid enough to wash your hair ? ’ |
| 22 | You were n't mature enough to realise that running a large and expanding business concern requires a huge amount of concentrated hard work . ’ |
| 23 | Do n't despair if you were n't lucky enough to win this time . |
| 24 | Do n't despair if you were n't lucky enough to win this time . |