Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] enough for " in BNC.

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1 The train stopped there long enough for me to run along the line and climb up into the great diesel engine driven by Bert Coad from Perth and Hilton Hinchcliff from Kalgoorlie .
2 He would never be the luckless , dirty , shrivelled-looking man in the stocks — put there likely enough for stealing no more than an egg .
3 ‘ And you need n't worry ; I 've no intention of staying here long enough for you to continue insulting me .
4 They are not doing anywhere near enough for Scotland .
5 Dorcas does n't believe in you , and I certainly do n't believe in you , but if you could just see your way clear to existing just long enough for us to find them , we 'd all appreciate it very much .
6 Then , as efficient as ever , ‘ You 'd better have my phone number here just in case you need to tie up with me on anything , ’ she decided , and , giving her number , paused only long enough for Fabia to take it down and was then asking , ‘ Well ? ’
7 He paused just long enough for Bull O'Malley to understand the implication of his words .
8 Pistol in hand , she paused just long enough for the others to catch up , and handed the goggles to Benny , deciding she 'd probably better play it safe and not risk letting any of the inhabitants of 1915 get an idea of how they worked .
9 She paused just long enough for me to realize that that was not what she had in mind at all .
10 He paused just long enough for her to wonder if he was about to do the decent thing and invite her to join him .
11 She barked back , the door slid open wide enough for me to enter and I found myself in a roomful of dames all with rigor mortis of the third-finger-of-the-left-hand .
12 The anonymity ( not perhaps best protected by the choice of pseudonym ) held just long enough for Baldwin to be alone in the secret amongst those present when he performed his statutory Financial Secretary 's duty of witnessing the burning of the cancelled bonds , but not for much longer .
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