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 . |