Example sentences of "but [adv] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such is the experience of most of us when we go to bed late : we might sleep slightly later than usual but rarely long enough to compensate completely for the late night . |
| 2 | She now flapped her hand as if shooing something away , then went out of the kitchen and onto the landing , and here , as she had before , she stopped , but only long enough to raise her eyes to the whitewashed ceiling as her mind said , Dear God , do n't let anything come of this . |
| 3 | The impression had been conveyed to him , he noted , that Burun had seen one of their attackers — but not closely enough to identify him . |
| 4 | The snow lies thick but not deep enough to hinder justice . ’ |
| 5 | Barbara Coleman made a little jump backwards , a shaking hand went to her lips but not fast enough to cut off her cry of fear . |
| 6 | They wandered off to the north-east a bit but not badly enough to get really lost , and after a while made a correction to drift back to north . |
| 7 | The solitary applauder was the young man in the scarf , but even as George looked at him , another man joined in , then a woman , and gradually the sound built up until several hands were clapping , but not loudly enough to drown the boos and shouts other members of the audience were producing . |
| 8 | We got a birdie at the 11th by using the 1-iron when Johnny went for the 3-wood , got on , but not near enough to make the birdie putt . |
| 9 | But not loud enough to waken Riva , who has temporarily escaped captivity by falling asleep in her chair . |
| 10 | She could hear voices , but not loud enough to distinguish what was said . |
| 11 | Warner paused , but not long enough to invite a response . |
| 12 | She hesitated , but not long enough to show him that this was the simple truth . |
| 13 | The Williams team gave him a quick change of tyres … but not quick enough to prevent Patrase and Senna fly past into the lead . |
| 14 | ‘ But not close enough to know she 'd moved out ? ’ |
| 15 | He folded the newspaper carefully , but not tight enough to make a log . |
| 16 | ‘ Maastricht went too far for public opinion , but not far enough to allow Europe to deal effectively with the problems it faces , such as Yugoslavia , ’ says an exasperated German official . |
| 17 | The move was far enough in suggest the future transfer of greater validation responsibility in institutions , but not far enough to suggest the degree of autonomy that many of the polytechnic directors had sought . |
| 18 | Winds of force 5 and more do blow , but not often enough to advertise this as a big wind resort . |
| 19 | There 's usually just enough rightness about them to make you feel guilty but not quite enough to stop one feeling resentful and baffled as well . |
| 20 | This was a Churchill decaying physically , slower in the uptake , less able to work long hours , less interested in the peacetime problems of the country , but still well enough to make his own decisions . |
| 21 | In the second round Trentham began to land the odd punch , but never hard enough to allow Tommy to go down . |
| 22 | Like so many of Mr Murdoch 's gambles , the potential pay-off of his stroll into California 's Silicon Valley is enormous — but too far away to help pay his debts today . |
| 23 | Not strongly enough to kill me for that , but certainly strongly enough to make killing me satisfying in that respect also . |