Example sentences of "not quick enough " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Cardiff 's backs were not quick enough collectively to evade the home side 's conscientious cover . |
| 2 | However , Cardiff 's backs were not quick enough collectively to evade the home side 's conscientious cover . |
| 3 | It is the slow ones — the young , the old and the sick — that are caught , simply because they are not quick enough over a long enough distance . |
| 4 | The change of term was not quick enough and he covered it with a grandiose sweep of his hand which nearly knocked over the Doctor 's goblet . |
| 5 | The lorry-driver 's reactions were quick , but not quick enough , as the estate-car-driver 's acceleration beat him to it . |
| 6 | So slow there was all the time on earth to avoid it , and she was not quick enough , and the hand caught her , behind her neck , the fingers in her hair . |
| 7 | The guy was quick on to the brakes , but not quick enough for poor old Pikey . |
| 8 | The Williams team gave him a quick change of tyres … but not quick enough to prevent Patrase and Senna fly past into the lead . |