Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] enough to get " in BNC.

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1 It could n't be the same Rover , because they 'd have recognised the car , although he hoped they had n't stopped long enough to get the number .
2 During this process younger children learn that if they cry loud enough to get the parent involved they usually get their own way .
3 It is also a mark of the wavering course the Tories have pursued , hopping uncertainly from blue-rinsed stage set to matey bar stool to Mr Major 's rediscovered soapbox , but seldom pausing long enough to get across the gravity of their message .
4 If I last long enough to get to the air … .
5 Jonathan has committed himself to rising early enough to get in for work before 9.00am .
6 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 .
7 Often the most one can learn from them is that the student stuck out the course and actually learned enough to pass the examination , retaining what he learned long enough to get it down on paper .
8 They got trapped in a hole , and no one could get near enough to get them out .
9 He would have warmed to Eileen had he lived long enough to get to know her .
10 He asked students , ’ Are you really trying hard enough to get jobs during the vacation ?
11 Never have long enough to get ready ?
12 All she could really blame him for was not working hard enough to get them out of it .
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