Example sentences of "[be] n't strong [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Italians lost to North Korea , showing us what negative , cowardly football they exemplified ; the Germans looked arrogant but were n't strong enough to stop themselves being beaten by England ‘ again ’ ( as in two world wars ) ; while Argentina misbehaved temperamentally at the ‘ home of football ’ , Wembley . |
| 2 | If you think about it , as you were n't strong enough to respond on the first round , you can hardly want to redouble now to play . |
| 3 | and he used to come home looking as white as a sheet sick to the teeth and he used to just go to bed and collapse in a heap , he is n't strong enough to do it and it 's pointless for him to try but other than that he can do anything he fancies . |
| 4 | A barn owl is n't strong enough to hold tight to a glove in a strong wind . |
| 5 | The Wall Street Journal figures current management is n't strong enough to meet the mounting crisis but does n't know yet whether Akers is loosing the support of his board . |
| 6 | My mother is n't strong enough to work full-time , and I — ’ |
| 7 | I just was n't strong enough to lift them out myself . |
| 8 | But we missed a couple of fairways and he was n't strong enough to hit far out of that heavy rough . |
| 9 | Karenin was a direct result of that society and even before she left him she knew there was no way out because she was n't strong enough to sacrifice her position in society . |
| 10 | He was so sure that Barney was his man , even though the evidence against him was n't strong enough to arrest him , that he 'd had the cheek to warn him off . |
| 11 | Michael Heseltine was keen to demonstrate his fitness after the heart attack he suffered in Italy in summer … but he 'd decided he was n't strong enough to speak . |
| 12 | What I had n't considered was that she was much bigger than me and that I was n't strong enough to keep both her and the bicycle upright : inevitably she lost her balance and fell heavily on the road with me and the bicycle on top of her . |
| 13 | He was n't strong enough to get on to the par-5s in two for eagle chances , so he just chipped and putted for birdies . |
| 14 | I pushed with both hands but I was n't strong enough to get a squeak out of it . |
| 15 | He was n't strong enough to boost his own confidence . |