Example sentences of "[v-ing] was too " in BNC.
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| 1 | While police forced open shops and houses , residents complained their compensation for moving was too low . |
| 2 | Attempts to organize a session of parliament — to sanction its own dissolution and call the new elections for April — failed , however , when the number of deputies attending was too small to produce a quorum . |
| 3 | No-one should ever think that what they were doing was too small . |
| 4 | BA president John Hitchin thought Books for Giving was too long and should list ‘ more guaranteed bestsellers and fewer dogs ’ . |
| 5 | It was answered by a Turkish ‘ kidney broker ’ , who said the £5,000 he was asking was too much . |
| 6 | But the crush of those fleeing was too much and the officers were swamped . |