Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was hardly a secret that Gallieni , no admirer of Joffre ( who , among other things , had stolen much of the honour due to Gallieni for the victory of the Marne ) , wanted eventually to pull him back to Paris in the largely administrative capacity of a CIGS , while placing the executive command of the armies in the field under de Castelnau . |
| 2 | You build up a frightening picture of an immensely long , empty passage of time , only to cancel it out with your last breath , leaving your audience thoroughly confused , but clinging to the idea that eternity is ‘ like ’ a great length of time . ’ |
| 3 | I am in the process of compiling a book on old fashioned remedies for horse ailments and am writing to ask if any of your readers have experience of any , and would they be kind enough to pass them on for possible publication . |
| 4 | Stylishly made but inherently daft , unlike the other ghost movies Flatliners does tackle the unpaid debts of the past , but only to write them off in the most superficial way . |
| 5 | He nodded agreement , muttered that he thought a grand finale would be her kind of thing , better to wrap it up in style , he said , echoing Ivan . |
| 6 | ‘ Actually the Archdeacon was kind enough to fill me in on that aspect of things . |
| 7 | I AM indebted to John Moorey from Portsmouth who has been kind enough to fill me in with some of the details of the extraordinary golfing life of Mary Toogood , nee Johnson , who died earlier this year . |
| 8 | The mailed hand in his kept hold firmly enough to draw him down to his knees as its owner sank back into the turf . |
| 9 | In most cases asking a child to sit out for a while is sufficient " discipline " providing the drama is interesting enough to draw them back in . |
| 10 | Again , due to limitations of time I am unable to attend many of the events which you are kind enough to notify me about in advance , so as part of your planning why not appoint someone to write an article and take a photograph for the Catholic Voice . |
| 11 | ‘ It was n't enough to put us back in the World Cup contention . |
| 12 | It 's very good quality , erm yeah , I think it 's , it 's it 's , the quality of it is good enough to put it up for , i in the sort of higher echelon of marks . |
| 13 | Laybacks and handjams have been especially efficient at suckering me into their grip only to spew me out into airborne humiliation . |
| 14 | I was lucky enough to knock him out in the first round . |
| 15 | As for this dose — ’ he frowned in thought , ‘ — perhaps enough to keep her out of action for a day . ’ |
| 16 | The rowing boat near the weir — only this time they had gone too far and Uncle Albert was not strong enough to row them back to safety ; the study at Uncle Albert 's house looking warm and friendly and inviting ; the professor beetle shouting rude instructions at some little beetles that had got into difficulty ; again a glimpse of her uncle 's study ; then a turnstile — one of those that only turn one way , so once you have passed through it you ca n't get back ; playful light beams now shrieking with fear as they hurtle past the window to their destruction ; walking up the down-escalator and not being able to get anywhere ; yet another brief snatch of the study … |
| 17 | I thought I 'd gone to all that trouble to lure you into my net , sort out the money , only to send you back into his arms . |
| 18 | Hellen was good enough to invite me along to some of them . |
| 19 | ‘ But this attack has hit him hard enough to call you back at once . |
| 20 | All she could really blame him for was not working hard enough to get them out of it . |
| 21 | Worthless character had now run foul of the law and was willing to take one final payment , enough to get him out of the State , and out of her life for ever . |
| 22 | Say a well-preserved sixty-four , highly sophisticated , speaking at least three languages , enough to get him out of trouble in most countries , and with a select if scattered network of friends and colleagues all across the Middle East , to lend him a hand if required . |
| 23 | Often the most one can learn from them is that the student stuck out the course and actually learned enough to pass the examination , retaining what he learned long enough to get it down on paper . |
| 24 | Over the season it will be good enough to get us out of this division provided we stick together . |
| 25 | Thinking you were Napoleon was clearly not enough to get you out of the Wimbledon Islamic Boys ' Independent Day School . |
| 26 | Fighting is always a last resort , because the result is never certain ; and if we do fight , we have a responsibility to use our knowledge only to get us out of trouble — not for revenge or retribution . |
| 27 | If he fixed a price with the buyer , and the buyer asked for Modigliani 's address , the painter was likely to give away his work at a lower price or offer it as a present if the purchaser was shrewd enough to take him out for a meal and a few drinks . |
| 28 | There are times , however , when even that motivation is not enough to push him on to success and the Spartathlon is the perfect example . |
| 29 | Is it important enough to drag him out of bed ? ’ she asked sarcastically , amazed at her inner strength . |
| 30 | But despite Mr McDonald 's frantic efforts , the kiss of life was not enough to bring him back from the dead . |