Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was still doing it over an hour later , frantically trying to remember everything and wishing he had somewhere to write it all down , when there was a sound of feet running up the stairs . |
| 2 | ‘ There 's so much , as you say , and everyone else seems to them to be doing well enough to enjoy it all . |
| 3 | ‘ I had to come especially to see you this morning , Leith , ’ he said earnestly as he fell into step with her . |
| 4 | ‘ Is there anyone you know who thought Mills was a traitor and cared enough to see him dead ? ’ |
| 5 | I do n't think I 'd live long enough to see it mature . |
| 6 | ENOUGH TO DRIVE US ALL BANANAS |
| 7 | ‘ I hope you 're sober enough to drive us all home , that 's all . ’ |
| 8 | Is this bridge still strong enough to carry us all ? |
| 9 | I want personally to thank you all for coming . |
| 10 | The two companies broke off negotiations in December only to restart them two weeks ago . |
| 11 | He now realized with astonishment that there was apparently a part of the warren underground which was big enough to contain them all together . |
| 12 | We broke up after I met her mother , who walked into the room in which I was sitting , only to find me oblivious , shouting obscenities at a television screen whereon computerised pirates were digging up a desert island at my joystick 's behest . |
| 13 | Eventually they arrived at the kinema , only to find it dark and locked . |
| 14 | Harrington at once leapt into a slit trench in great haste , only to find it full of barbed wire which inflicted severe lacerations on him . |
| 15 | Give them a hug , and say ‘ I love you enough to set you free . |
| 16 | In connection with some furniture poor Mary was ill-advised enough to sell him last year . |
| 17 | Baveno is a pretty village , although it does n't take long to explore it all . |
| 18 | ‘ The men were going to see some action , or ‘ have some fun ’ as they put it , and that was quite enough to render them light-hearted and care-free . ’ |
| 19 | The ‘ swing ’ from Labour to Liberal Democrat was 6.4pc , enough to win us both seats in the Willington West ward . |
| 20 | Just tell me why it had to be me who was stupid enough to help you last night ? ’ |
| 21 | Cold , and terrified of growing colder , so that when he opened his arms and put them around her , his musk-scented cloak coming with them , ample enough to cover them both , all she felt was the salvation of his warmth , his hard , hot body supporting her as she shook and shivered against him , that blessed , beautiful fur enclosing her as in a nest , muffling her from the killing storm . |
| 22 | What must seem stupid to non-gardeners , or those who take a rational view of the whole business , is that when you prepare the ground for sowing you first dig it over and make it loose , only to tread it firm again . |
| 23 | I eventually got off the motorway and decided to drive straight to the hospital to see Toby , and paused only to buy him some fruit and a bottle of his favourite Bollinger . |
| 24 | And they will actually keep your deeds , erm work out if it is cheap enough to do it that way . |
| 25 | In any piece of fiction there must be room for the reader — room for him to jump at a suggestion , to insert himself into a story , to respond to hints and clues : to be told what is offered to him is to encourage him to read passively and so to give him less than he deserves . |
| 26 | In this case , the human indexer will be provided with the terms not recognized by the computer , and must decide whether to list them in the golist or the stoplist , or perhaps to leave them unlisted so that they will be output for human indexer consideration on each occurrence . |
| 27 | ‘ And what exactly do you think I might do to Kirsty if you were rash enough to leave her alone with me ? ’ |
| 28 | When he had learnt that Miss Alicia Lockwood , whom he considered one of the most charming and fascinating old dears he had ever met , had been mad enough to leave him half her beautiful and fantastic house , for one wild and quixotic moment Matthew had thought of refusing the legacy . |
| 29 | Memet , however , was somewhat out of their experience , and they were wise enough to leave him alone . |
| 30 | Seb had always had an instinct for whether or not something was likely to make money , but now he was required to record farm profit and expenditure for Christian it was not enough to leave it all to Carrie . |