Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd like to see him as well if possible so do you have his number ?
2 A respectable enough record it seems , but it has to be remembered that Cipriani had to fight with at least two distinct handicaps .
3 The senate , however , consisted of more members of the nobility than of the emerging burgher class , for their economic situation was not strong enough to enable them to develop as they did in the cities of northern Italy and elsewhere in Europe .
4 At the moment I 'm training a red-tailed buzzard , which is a much bigger bird , and its claws are strong enough to allow it to grip on to my glove , so this is n't so much of a problem .
5 The real European complaint was that US financial power attracted funds to New York and that US industrial power was strong enough to allow it to organize successfully a large volume of production overseas .
6 But it had n't been strong enough to make him say :
7 But the green smell used to be there and it was strong enough to make me think of English summers when I looked at the sky .
8 ‘ Fox , although allowing me complete control over the physical side of making the picture , were strong enough to prevent me changing the script , ’ he said .
9 it 's up to him whether it 's , whether they say it 's right or wrong I think , I think what the council said is if they , if they want it , the thing shifting , they are strong enough to get it shifted if they , if they , if they really feel that the things rot , you see up in the Dales they , one chap built a house and er , and they said they had to pull it down because it would n't fit in with , of
10 Confidence in the feminine within allows us to let go of the outer image from time to time .
11 Is it not exciting enough having me open my presents for you ?
12 She was wearing what appeared to be a borrowed jacket in place of her own heavy overcoat and shawl , something light enough to allow her to carry on even though the sun might go behind a cloud every now and again .
13 I think it 's a bit wrong perhaps to say it did n't affect Britain .
14 It was painful enough knowing they had both let their love for each other slip so easily away , but the speed with which he 'd filled the void she 'd left really cut into her .
15 It was Diana , aged six — old enough to understand she had been left , but not yet old enough to understand why — who felt so bereft .
16 Their toughness and wounds are high enough to enable them to get away without a shield .
17 Though Arians are infamously impatient , they can be cool customers when the stakes are high enough to make them concentrate .
18 The ‘ in ’ computer changes with the ‘ latest ’ game — they will be happy with whatever you get ( if you are foolish enough to let them get their hands on it ! ) .
19 How could she have been foolish enough to let it happen ? she asked herself inwardly as the lift slowed and stopped , and its wide metal doors sighed open .
20 This was a new Joan : another of these modern women with their new language and new dreams who could follow where she had led , if she were generous enough to let them fight their own battles .
21 We now have to alter the old consequences and make it quite clear to him that his bad behaviour will have results that are not only not rewarding , but also unpleasant enough to make him relinquish his tantrum .
22 Only in the evenings did I spend some time with Mr Rochester , and I was careful not to allow him to hold me in his arms or kiss me .
23 Cornelius had heard tell of bastards and how , if you ever met any , you should be careful not to let them grind you down .
24 Be careful not to let it bubble .
25 And then in two point three three just do the linear just li linear just means it gives you a straight line .
26 Would it , Celia debated with herself , be wrong now to ask her to become a godparent ?
27 Dougal even liked her snoring .
28 Names to , and if certain times of the day are inconvenient please let her know when volunteering .
29 Lobbies were unheated and so if you hung your coat up wet then wet it stayed .
30 And er I mean th the o the question you would use for , for this one is tell me , what are your thou what is it , what are your thoughts on pensions , you know , what are your thoughts on retirement , how do you feel about it just open up for the guy to say it 's very important or I 'm not interested , oh that 's interesting why do you say that .
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