Example sentences of "[pron] was [adv] strong enough [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 | However the displayed images suggested another effect , which was quite strong enough to explain the experimental results . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Jaggers was her lawyer , and at her trial he managed to show that she was not strong enough to kill anyone . |
| 6 | She was not strong enough to say or do anything . |
| 7 | And she was not strong enough to stop what was going to happen . |
| 8 | Kate felt she was tumbling headlong into something that she was not strong enough to fight . |
| 9 | Of course , one did n't drop out of an engagement simply because one was not strong enough to take insults and hatred . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Although it missed the clarity of the session version , it was still strong enough to make number one in the independent charts and NME picked it as its single of the week . |
| 13 | But we missed a couple of fairways and he was n't strong enough to hit far out of that heavy rough . |
| 14 | He was n't strong enough to boost his own confidence . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I realized he wanted to call the servants , as he knew he was not strong enough to fight Heathcliff alone . |