Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] was [adv] enough [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My salary was barely enough to keep me in sliced white and undies , never mind maintain Mrs Dennis Parsons in the style to which she had become accustomed . |
| 2 | The money Danica gave my mother was not enough to buy one of the better sorts of bicycle , but it was no good buying a cheap one as it would have to last me for years . |
| 3 | But their support was n't enough to inspire an Oxford victory … |
| 4 | Even her blood was not enough to entice him . |
| 5 | ‘ Just mentioning her name was always enough to make you bristle . |
| 6 | She hated him and she hated what he was capable of doing to her , but her hate was n't enough to stop herself from feeling the forbidden pleasure of his hands on her body . |
| 7 | In the event their prestige was not enough to hold the seat . |
| 8 | The clothes had been left on the heated towel rack in the bathroom , which had taken some of the chill off them , but insinuating himself into their dampness was almost enough to make him retract his jibe , and wear the absent lover 's clothes . |