Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [to-vb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | And after all Elizabeth had done for her , heaven only knew it was little enough to ask in return . |
| 2 | For when you are dry , empty , sick , or weak , at such a time is your prayer most pleasing to me though you find little enough to enjoy in it ’ ’ |
| 3 | He derided those who thought it was ‘ all right to stay in opposition so long as your socialist heart is pure ’ , and argued it was not they who suffered , but the poor in Britain and in the third world : ‘ We are not just a debating society . |
| 4 | Home video shows him enjoying a family Christmas but detectives believe he did n't live long enough to see in the New Year . |
| 5 | For just a few seconds , Lucinda hesitated ; for just long enough to take in the shock of white hair , the lined , weather-worn face and the tremendous size of him . |
| 6 | I was only a short time standing there , but long enough to take in the vessel 's lines , the quite dainty sheer , her size and the layout of the masts and rigging . |
| 7 | Niall took his eyes from the road long enough to glance in her direction . |
| 8 | If that idea proves feasible , they could zombify most of Europe for long enough to walk in unresisted . ’ |
| 9 | If this was not possible , then they had to be placed as ‘ hands ’ on conventional farms where they were close enough together to meet in the evenings with their Madrichim ( group counsellors ) for cultural communion . |
| 10 | But manager John King and his backroom staff did n't offer Agoos a contract , because they believed he was n't good enough defensively to play in English football . |
| 11 | But manager John King and his backroom staff did n't offer Agoos a contract , because they believed he was n't good enough defensively to play in English football . |
| 12 | Brisk afternoon winds do blow , exciting passages are possible , and there are many coves where you can anchor alone just to relax in perfect peace . |
| 13 | ( I learned from this experience that rigor mortis takes much longer to set in than I had supposed ; quite some time , in fact . ) |
| 14 | With hindsight , it would have better still to lock in a few more gains . |
| 15 | By choosing varieties which are grafted on dwarfing rootstocks where these are available ( cherries , apricots , plums , peaches , pears , apples ) , together with less vigorous varieties of others , trees can be kept to a more manageable size , some small enough even to grow in large pots or in a greenhouse . |
| 16 | What Tolkien wanted to concentrate on , obviously , was death : more precisely perhaps on why people love this world and want so strongly to stay in it when it is an inescapable part of their nature ‘ to die and go we know not where ’ . |
| 17 | Songs like ‘ Brand New Love ’ and ‘ Its So Hard To Fall In Love ’ — covered much to Lou 's flattered bewilderment by Superchunk — and newer material that will appear on the next full-length Sebadoh LP , to be released in the new year by Sub Pop and Roughneck , are typical of his style : eschewing traditional songwriting imagery and devices in favour of pure , honest expression . |
| 18 | Beckett 's failing narrators manage in their torrents of words only unstably to sustain in existence on a strange edge of death and silence , adrift in ‘ who knows what profounds of mind ’ ( Beckett 1984 : 288 ) . |
| 19 | Hugh hesitated and then did so , undoing the neck just enough to stuff in half a loaf and some smoked meat , giving no-one a chance to see what else he had in it — not that anyone cared . |
| 20 | Then she realised that her uncle would have entered the church through a side door connecting with the vestry , while her aunt , who enjoyed rather poor health , would not have set foot outside even to take in the milk . |
| 21 | The only sorrow for Marjory , of Lunedale Road , Darlington , is that her grandfather is no longer here to share in the good news for it was he who introduced her to all things historical . |
| 22 | The very aromatic nature of the Arbanne suggests it might well be an ancient variant of the Chardonnay Blanc Musque or , possibly , the Muscadelle of Bordeaux , both of which ripen early enough to survive in the southern extremities of Champagne . |
| 23 | As ever , historians have much to offer the modern technical society in which they find themselves and still more to do in order to catch up with it . |
| 24 | The great endeavour which Peter Scott and a small group of inspired people began in 1961 may be said to have only just started to have the worldwide impact which will help mankind to learn once again to develop in full harmony with the natural world , but it is already indelibly clear that Peter 's influence and determination has been crucial in creating a force that will not be denied its place of importance on a planet which , in the foreseeable future , may be required to support a human population of double its present size . |
| 25 | Although digoxin is easily detected in fresh blood it is far more difficult to trace in fresh body tissue and harder again to detect in old samples of either flesh or blood . |
| 26 | I told him to pull his engine rpm down to 1,600 , to put his mixture control to auto-lean and to open his throttle wide enough to stay in loose formation with me … |
| 27 | They have also yet to lose in the League , Millwall 's threat being thwarted by a dogged defence and a dollop of luck . |
| 28 | Win an increasing feeling of horror , her gaze slid slowly upwards to rest in stunned disbelief on the hawklike features and deep-sea eyes of Dane Jacobsen . |
| 29 | They seem to be experiments in animal design that did not work efficiently enough to survive in the competition that became more and more intense as time passed and animal life proliferated . |
| 30 | Now just to clarify in my mind about , here I 'm looking at the summary of your submission , you actually refer to the fact that sixty three hectares are required to meet the needs of the city , whereas I take it you say this morning that you 're happy with the forty six , er but in reality you can only get thirty three ac thirty three hectares within the city . |