Example sentences of "[pron] was [adv] enough [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 But there was still enough to enchant me .
2 Although Jeff making me laugh at myself was the beginning of the end of my depression , it was n't enough to persuade me to stay .
3 Unfortunately , it was n't enough to stop her thinking completely .
4 It was n't enough to put us back in the World Cup contention .
5 But it was n't enough to save them either .
6 ‘ Whatever you and Peter were up to last night , ’ he went on savagely , ‘ it was n't enough to satisfy you .
7 But it was not enough to give me a complex , not as it would have been in America .
8 Seb had always had an instinct for whether or not something was likely to make money , but now he was required to record farm profit and expenditure for Christian it was not enough to leave it all to Carrie .
9 He 'd managed to grab a couple of hours ' sleep in the cell since they 'd brought him in , but it was scarcely enough to refresh him .
10 It was almost enough to make him turn round and go back to Yzordderrex , revolution or no .
11 She could sympathize with his chagrin but it was hardly enough to keep him awake at night .
12 It was certainly enough to damn her : an open liaison with an officer of the Imperial Guard caused her dismissal .
13 Steve Smith , the 19-year-old Liverpool high jumper , smashed his British and Commonwealth indoor record with 2.37m , but it was only enough to earn him the bronze .
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