Example sentences of "[be] [adj] enough [to-vb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it had n't been strong enough to make him say : |
| 2 | Though Arians are infamously impatient , they can be cool customers when the stakes are high enough to make them concentrate . |
| 3 | How could she have been foolish enough to let it happen ? she asked herself inwardly as the lift slowed and stopped , and its wide metal doors sighed open . |
| 4 | The ‘ in ’ computer changes with the ‘ latest ’ game — they will be happy with whatever you get ( if you are foolish enough to let them get their hands on it ! ) . |
| 5 | She 'll soon be well enough to make her will . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps you would be good enough to let her answer for herself . ’ |
| 7 | And if you will be good enough to let me go on , you will see how I am monitoring the environment of the infant in order to see precisely what effect it has . |
| 8 | As markers , we would be happy enough to see you argue either way as long as you recognized that there is indeed room for argument over this point . |
| 9 | So in an effort to find out whether are blind , or they 're just weird , we asked a member of a party of visitors from Tokyo , Miss Takishima , to be kind enough to let us process the film in her camera . |
| 10 | The balance I have put towards something for us both — a new continental quilt for our bed here — and I got a king sized one , as JOHN always seems to get it all , but this may be big enough to let me hang on to my side . |
| 11 | This was a new Joan : another of these modern women with their new language and new dreams who could follow where she had led , if she were generous enough to let them fight their own battles . |
| 12 | They came across a case of English pottery and porcelain on one of their sorties and were good enough to let me know about it . |
| 13 | You think Ryan is proficient enough to make me forget you ? ’ |
| 14 | The interview at the beginning is embarrassing enough to make you think that maybe Normski will end up this way . |
| 15 | But the green smell used to be there and it was strong enough to make me think of English summers when I looked at the sky . |
| 16 | For as long as it seemed remotely relevant , the tactic never failed ; and it was easy enough to make it seem relevant in the atmosphere of international hostility of 1945 . |
| 17 | The gloom that fell upon me was deep enough to make me want to die . |
| 18 | I was knitting slowly , not feeling particularly well and the machine was good enough to let me know through the handle that there was a ‘ Hiccup ’ . |
| 19 | It was important enough to make me come up here to ask Dr Bailey about Christabel LaMotte . ’ |
| 20 | When Malpass did emerge , only a few seconds after the shots , it was dramatic enough to make me forget my churning stomach . |
| 21 | The loud tugging and pulling that followed — the instructions from the Colonel , instructions from the landlord , banging of levers , banging of latches — eclipsed any small performance Mrs Crump might have been inclined to give and when the company was finally re-seated she was wise enough to let it pass . |