Example sentences of "[adj] enough [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It had been tough going , but Proby was grateful enough to knock a century off the £500 I owe him .
2 WELL , we 're back to the time of year when , hopefully , it will be warm and dry enough to get a barbecue organised .
3 ‘ You 'd think someone rich enough to own a rig like this could afford a pair of fenders . ’
4 Good heavens , is it really likely that someone like you could catch a man rich enough to own a house like this ?
5 If you do n't feel bold or rich enough to take a gamble on sovereigns , for only £7.25 , you can buy a presentation folder containing one each of the £2 coins issued to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the Scottish Claim of Rights .
6 If you do n't feel bold or rich enough to take a gamble on sovereigns , for only £7.25 , you can buy a presentation folder containing one each of the £2 coins issued to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the Scottish Claim of Rights .
7 If you do n't feel bold or rich enough to take a gamble on sovereigns , for only £7.25 , you can buy a presentation folder containing one each of the £2 coins issued to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the Scottish Claim of Rights .
8 What had happened that morning to make you think , Farag , that you were rich enough to afford a wife ? ’
9 It dates back to 1795 and was issued by the King 's Theatre in London 's Haymarket , and was designed as a throw-away item for theatre-goers rich enough to book a box for the season at the kingly sum of 2,500 guineas .
10 By the end of the year , Biya felt strong enough to force a showdown with Ahidjo and the latter lost the position of party chairman while still abroad .
11 This sense is strong enough to motivate a succession of attempts to find what is interesting .
12 The solution was a watch with a magnetic field strong enough to undo a zip .
13 I know now what her power is strong enough to shatter a man 's mind and cast him from this world .
14 He even felt strong enough to issue a threat .
15 But what could be strong enough to drive a man from his homeland , to face terrible dangers in the skies ?
16 Initially , Chilton has only been able to persuade the makers to turn out spools of line with a 70lb breaking strain , strong enough to tow a boat .
17 Oliver Tambo staggers on as president of the ANC , though he is hardly strong enough to deliver a speech .
18 He governs , so far as he is able to , on borrowed time because none of the groups contending for power yet feels strong enough to make a grab for it .
19 McCrory , 28 , quit to the ring after being knocked out in two rounds by Lewis 21 months ago but trimmed back down to cruiser and felt strong enough to make a comeback .
20 I pushed with both hands but I was n't strong enough to get a squeak out of it .
21 It was explained to me that over the years all the planes on the green sward had landed by mistake , assuming that it would be solid enough to allow a take-off .
22 You 've practically got to be committed under the mental health act before you 're not sound enough to make a will .
23 How many of us have felt interested enough to attend a Building Society A.G.M. provided we are receiving the interest on our deposits we think we are entitled to ?
24 I mean , you 'd think he 'd just have a few enough to make a pie or a crumble
25 Is not it about time that the Government stopped this practice of recruiting and exploiting young people who are deemed not old enough to cast a vote but in some cases are being forced to continue in the Army and can be put into armed combat , as they were during the Gulf war ?
26 ‘ Since I was old enough to carry a money-bag , I 've trudged round the streets , knocking on every door of every property you own … aye , and sometimes I 've had a fist in my face for the trouble , but never once have I let you down .
27 Without exception , the show 's directors are all under 30 , as are most of the contributors , and Jason Rebello looks barely old enough to order a drink .
28 She tried to imagine how she would look when she was old enough to wear a wig , like her mother and the great ladies of the court who surrounded Queen Ankhsenpaamun , though the queen was not much older than she was herself .
29 I became involved with the inhabitants as soon as I was old enough to overturn a leaf .
30 Cos the girls were a little bit different sort of understand , I think Matthew suffered , Matthew was the one that , that had suffered through it , he was four , and he was old enough to understand a little bit more he knew how brushing off on him
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