Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adj] enough " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told my GP that I intended going to Bristol as soon as I was well enough . |
| 2 | When I was well enough , I packed my clothes and books . |
| 3 | After a thorough examination he said that I was well enough to hold it down . |
| 4 | Your dear new uncle-in-law whom I was fortunate enough to encounter on the morning train from Paddington agrees that it would be nice if our friends from the constabulary were to join us . ’ |
| 5 | Each year , Bonfire Night was the highlight of early winter and I was fortunate enough to live within a quarter of a mile of The Greencroft , which became the mecca on November 5th for people from all parts of the City . |
| 6 | Most of the New Zealand premises I was fortunate enough to visit were , in contrast , truly worthy of the name ‘ Club ’ . |
| 7 | Nearing my twelfth birthday , I was fortunate enough to secure a free place at the local secondary school . |
| 8 | I was fortunate enough , with the help of contacts in the academic world , to persuade the relevant central government and state authorities to allow me to visit an institution informally , on condition that neither the prison nor any individual would be identified in anything I wrote . |
| 9 | In 1977 I was fortunate enough to be awarded the Sir Ambrose Fleming Award for services to West Country television . |
| 10 | I I had er a return ticket from York to Gloucester and I was fortunate enough to get a lift back so I went into the station to ask if I could get a refund on the other half of the return and they said Sure you owe us four pounds . |
| 11 | ‘ Mme Verard was in her hundredth year or more when I was fortunate enough to take in mine the hand that proved the loyal instrument of God 's will for this pagan place and its people . |
| 12 | I was fortunate enough to have such a relationship , which is probably why I can not accept the idea of a future without love . |
| 13 | In 1973 I was fortunate enough to see a spectacular total solar eclipse at Lake Turkana in northern Kenya , with the bonus that this wild and exotic region is worth visiting in its own right . |
| 14 | I had visited Paris once or twice , but now I was fortunate enough to secure a grant from the LCC — £15 , but princely for those days — which permitted me to spend a week or two there for the purpose of study , my subject being modern French philosophy . |
| 15 | I was fortunate enough to obtain permission to go , but I had waited until arriving at Rizé before applying for it . |
| 16 | In 1961 , I was fortunate enough to win a by-election in the constituency of Worcester . |
| 17 | I am here partly because I was fortunate enough to have the happiest and healthiest of childhoods and I see it as a very happy obligation to try to do my best to ensure that all over the world it is possible for other children to enjoy something of what I had . |
| 18 | I was fortunate enough to serve my two-year stint from 1956-1958 in the Navy , 18 months of which were spent on a frigate in the Mediterranean , happily bedded most nights , or when off-watch , in a hammock . |
| 19 | Soon after that , I was fortunate enough to obtain a research studentship at U.C.L. which paid me a small salary of 750 per annum — this was slightly less than what I had been earning as a teacher , but it enabled me to return full-time to research at U.C.L. The money for the studentship had been provided by a television network , ATN . |
| 20 | I told them I was n't old enough but Mrs Tiller said I was tall enough and she would work it . |
| 21 | At least my friend did n't think I was vain enough to commission the work myself . |
| 22 | I reckon I could sleep if I was warm enough . |
| 23 | I had fallen many times and could not control the wheelbarrow unless I was close enough for my legs to bang into it . |
| 24 | I was young enough to believe these tales implicitly , but my early sense of wonder in the hills has never entirely vanished . |
| 25 | I 'd never met anyone like you , and the fact that there was a rumour that you were newly in mourning for your father just added to the mystique , because I was young enough to find tragedy romantic . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I have ended up with my children in a Women 's Hostel , still black and blue after the battering I got from the drunken unfaithful bully I was stupid enough to marry . |
| 27 | Physically she 's the epitome , almost a caricature of the male fantasy dream girl , and I was stupid enough to endow her with all the other attributes I thought the perfect woman should have . ’ |
| 28 | I did n't think you 'd be that stupid , but I was curious enough to consent when Jones brought your name up with Giles Estwick when we started thinking about looking for a new programme manager six months ago . ’ |
| 29 | So I mostly chose Uncle Bill because I thought the world of him , but I was cunning enough to go to Uncle Geordie 's about every fourth week . |
| 30 | Because I was cunning enough to keep my lying within plausible bounds , I was able to deflect too-close questioning and avoid ostracism . |