Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] enough for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely , she mused , it had n't been raining long enough for the water levels to rise that far , and even though the middle of the week had proved consistently wet she felt confident she would arrive at the cottage long before the possibility became a reality . |
| 2 | Can you wait long enough for the organism to perform its duties ? |
| 3 | There was just enough speed for the aircraft to take off but unfortunately sustained flight was impossible and G-FLIX sank just enough for the main wheels to catch the edge of the dyke . |
| 4 | Now we can only hope that things are resolved quickly enough for the developments to be finished in time for the 1994 Open . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Dalziel , ’ he murmured audibly enough for the fruit machine victims to glance his way , ‘ is not bloody well going to get it . ’ |
| 6 | He has already stopped me from saving up for a large format SLR camera ; my trusty 35-mm model will do well enough for the closeups of butterflies and flowers that interest me . |
| 7 | Even Moran had to admit it though he dismissed it as well by saying that it would have done well enough for the likes of him as it had been . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sure you 've stripped willingly enough for the men who have enjoyed your favours in the past . ’ |
| 9 | But they survived long enough for the continents to regroup and to radically alter the atmosphere . |
| 10 | ‘ MIPS and Sparc begat Power , which begat Alpha which will beget something new … none will dominate the open-systems market long enough for the critical mass of software needed for long-term success to develop … the future of RISC microprocessors in the open systems market is dead … |
| 11 | Even if this wo n't always happen , it will certainly happen often enough for the range of my knowledge to be considerably reduced , and this itself is some sort of an objection . |
| 12 | Eventually things got cool enough for the protons and neutrons to fuse and form atomic nuclei ; later still it was possible for electrons to cling to the nuclei , thus creating atoms . |
| 13 | In fact there were only four , but that looked quite enough for the two dare-devils who 'd volunteered to take part . |
| 14 | It ca n't come soon enough for the homeless on the street , They feel the longer they wait the more they 'll be forced to beg on the streets , and even turn to crime . |
| 15 | On seven occasions last year , the batsmen made first-innings totals of less than 300 but did just enough for the seamers to win the matches . |
| 16 | But , well wrapped up in the story , the device certainly worked well enough for the crime reviewers of that year to vote the book the Gold Dagger award . |
| 17 | Fuel tanks were drained , leaving only enough for the pilot to taxi to the Queen Mary loading point where any surplus fuel would then be completely drained . |
| 18 | Hari took the money out of the old cracked teapot she kept on the shelf , she had just enough for the rent and she smiled in relief . |