Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv] enough [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both cars spun on to the grass outfield , Senna 's McLaren minus its left front wheel and Mansell 's car damaged badly enough to ensure his retirement . |
| 2 | After many trials with cross-spars and bridles , the Geisha flew well enough to win Joel a trip to Japan ! |
| 3 | ‘ And you wo n't even let the boy stay long enough to see his mother ? ’ said the yeoman without animosity . |
| 4 | There is then some evidence to show that Japanese workers do indeed work for longer periods with each employer , but only 20 per cent of labour in the private sector stay long enough to get close to the peak of the wages profile . |
| 5 | It is difficult to get the bottom strained tight enough to prevent a small lamb from burrowing underneath , and the lengths are not easy to roll up neatly after use . |
| 6 | Mr Major must hope that his new chancellor does well enough to rescue the economy but gets so battered in the process that he is judged unfit to be prime minister . |
| 7 | He could make his friend laugh convulsively enough to fall off schoolroom chairs , and once even out of a hammock . |
| 8 | He usually stood on a little platform raised high enough to enable him to see over and past the cabins when the boat was moving . |
| 9 | Greg had seen the posters around for some days , and on the evening before opening day he made it his business to pass by the warehouse and go in , for he was a paid-up member of the club , and lit seemed easy enough to fake a mistake about the members ' viewing day . |
| 10 | As Travers ( 1986 , p. 168 ) notes , the government had to set rate limits high enough to prevent legal challenges that income was insufficient to meet statutory obligations . |
| 11 | You 'll keep Marion constant company , and if she is — bothered — ’ her light voice paused just enough to give the word extra significance — ‘ you will tell me . |
| 12 | Motherwell took 27 minutes to create their first chance when Chris McCart carved out an opening for Joe McLeod , but the striker hesitated long enough to allow Brian Irvine to block the effort . |
| 13 | The sergeant hesitated long enough to decide he would be wasting his time by further argument . |
| 14 | He wore a T-shirt regardless of the season of the year and kept his hair cropped short enough to reveal the half-dozen tiny scars on his head where the stubble would n't grow . |
| 15 | The art therefore is to get the tyre spinning just enough to execute the turn , and then maintain forward drive as the tyre struggles to hook up . |
| 16 | The circulation depends on having enough blood in the system to fill the vessels , on the small arteries acting as taps which can be adjusted to send the blood where it is needed , and on the heart beating hard enough to push the blood through the resistance given by the taps . |
| 17 | Nevertheless tabular evidence demonstrates that non-traditional students and mature student entrants as a category perform well enough to support a policy of providing opportunities for adults previously unable to enter higher education . |
| 18 | The lion got near enough to blow hot oniony breath into her face . |
| 19 | I had stopped seeing the nightmare shape when I shut my eyes but every so often the pigeon stirred just enough to keep me awake . |
| 20 | But how could I get a fire going fast enough to catch them ? |
| 21 | When a lion gets close enough to strike , it usually does so with great skill and confidence and does not appear to be miscalculating its position to the slightest degree . |
| 22 | History has brought them together as a phenomenon without compare , and it is Pakistan 's good fortune that they are surviving fitness scares long enough to bring many honours to their country . |
| 23 | I 'd say what we can see is some of that heat surviving long enough to escape through a cave mouth , ’ she said to Ace . |