Example sentences of "[pron] was not strong [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | What I had n't considered was that she was much bigger than me and that I was n't strong enough to keep both her and the bicycle upright : inevitably she lost her balance and fell heavily on the road with me and the bicycle on top of her . |
2 | I pushed with both hands but I was n't strong enough to get a squeak out of it . |
3 | Karenin was a direct result of that society and even before she left him she knew there was no way out because she was n't strong enough to sacrifice her position in society . |
4 | Jaggers was her lawyer , and at her trial he managed to show that she was not strong enough to kill anyone . |
5 | She was not strong enough to say or do anything . |
6 | And she was not strong enough to stop what was going to happen . |
7 | Kate felt she was tumbling headlong into something that she was not strong enough to fight . |
8 | Of course , one did n't drop out of an engagement simply because one was not strong enough to take insults and hatred . |
9 | He was so sure that Barney was his man , even though the evidence against him was n't strong enough to arrest him , that he 'd had the cheek to warn him off . |
10 | The apparent trend to the Left in the Labour Party was in keeping with the political atmosphere of the times , but it was not strong enough to force the abandoning of official opposition to any form of the Unity Campaign . |
11 | But we missed a couple of fairways and he was n't strong enough to hit far out of that heavy rough . |
12 | He was n't strong enough to boost his own confidence . |
13 | He was n't strong enough to get on to the par-5s in two for eagle chances , so he just chipped and putted for birdies . |
14 | Michael Heseltine was keen to demonstrate his fitness after the heart attack he suffered in Italy in summer … but he 'd decided he was n't strong enough to speak . |
15 | I realized he wanted to call the servants , as he knew he was not strong enough to fight Heathcliff alone . |