Example sentences of "[noun] but not [adv] enough " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ he uttered , quite convincingly to Ruth 's ears but not convincingly enough for her to soften . |
| 2 | Barbara Coleman made a little jump backwards , a shaking hand went to her lips but not fast enough to cut off her cry of fear . |
| 3 | So I would say that the North Yorkshire er figure in summary , goes in the right direction but not far enough . |
| 4 | They wandered off to the north-east a bit but not badly enough to get really lost , and after a while made a correction to drift back to north . |
| 5 | Dave Collins came closest to scoring but not close enough . |