Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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1 | His eyes were hard again for an instant . |
2 | Nevertheless , Bob rose to the challenge and in January 1991 his first task was to replace hundreds of original magnesium allow rivets , which were good enough for a static rebuild , but not if the aircraft was to fly again . |
3 | only we were stuck there for a little while last time could n't get out could we ? |
4 | Whether or not these jobs were available only for a short period of time , they were regarded by their holders as temporary . |
5 | Another landing when they were close together for a moment , and then another descent . |
6 | Both the Shepherds were silent again for a long time , and in the tiny cellar Ho started shivering violently . |
7 | She could then either wait for the ferry , which was sporadic , or go back up to the head of the estuary and up to where the river was narrow enough for a bridge . |
8 | The period is 27 years , and the eclipse lasts for a long time ; the last began on 22 July 1982 and did not end until 25 June 1984 , though it was total only for a year ( January 1983 to January 1984 ) . |
9 | It was light enough for a woman to use ; the scythe was a different matter . |
10 | The greatest pity was that the top was clear enough for a view and as we were perched at the broad gable end of the mountain we could see some fabulous sights . |
11 | I never had the opportunity to tell Christie of my method of making up crews , At Kinloss when I was chair-bound there for a short period , all too frequently I received complaints about the composition of crews . |
12 | Mitch was thoughtful too for a moment and then he asked , ‘ Why did n't you tell him you spoke Spanish ? ’ |
13 | Still , Mel was good enough for a first team place in our first year back and did OK . |
14 | High Lane 's 159 all out was good enough for a draw against Woodford who reached 136 -8 . |
15 | I to the school after I was fourteen just for a wee while . |
16 | A worker-directed study conducted in the mid-1970s considered as temporary workers all who had a job which was available only for a limited time and all who were themselves available for their jobs for only a limited period of time . |
17 | The devastation in the city 's Lake Zone , about 400 kilometres from the epicentre , was surprising even for a quake of 8.1 magnitude . |
18 | The symbolism was potent enough for a hundred generations to keep the chalk clear |
19 | Anita Brookner 's novels are London-based , and they revive in their concise and elegant style , in fictions at once grim and yet subtly self-mocking , the Brontëan theme of lonely , loving heroines more sensitive than beautiful — ‘ she was attractive enough for a clever woman , but it was principally as a clever woman that she was attractive ’ — and , as in the Brontës , without the solace of a happy ending . |
20 | He did , and there was quiet again for a few days more . |