Example sentences of "[verb] too [adj] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One or two need to be kept on the cool side , otherwise they grow too fast and weaken themselves so badly that they die . |
| 2 | She would n't have wanted to have grown too old and survived her dignity . |
| 3 | ‘ I suppose I read too many thrillers but in the end I 'd convinced myself you 'd got too tough and killed somebody and George was mixed up in that ! ’ |
| 4 | I just hope that he believes what he sees , that you do n't become too obvious and make him realize that he 's being set up . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You ent supposed to sit over there , gets too hot and burns your ass . ’ |
| 6 | In fact , many felt its power had become too great and thought it no bad thing when it was forced to close , I believe in 1932 or 1933 . |
| 7 | Even if you could hold him down you might easily cut too far and hurt him . ’ |
| 8 | However quick she was he always thought her work took too long and prevented them doing the more pleasurable things he had in mind . |
| 9 | ‘ I have work to attend to , Master Corbett The inn-keeper 's body has been coffined and has now to be churched before the villagers become too drunk and dump him in the pond . ’ |
| 10 | She drew in a shuddery breath , praying she had n't gone too far and alerted him . |
| 11 | Mrs Carson did not reply at once and Ruth wondered if she had gone too far and annoyed her mistress . |
| 12 | He itched to do the latter , but common sense prevailed ; he had seen how uncomfortable were the lives of other guys who had done that , either to marry too young or go it alone . |
| 13 | I 'm afraid he 'll get too hot and destroy himself one day , if he goes on like this . ’ |
| 14 | No , it did n't ; he still persisted in either standing too close or laying his hand on her arm then watching with amusement as she wrenched herself free . |
| 15 | ‘ We must tread carefully , because my postbag suggests that allegations of rape can arise from previously non-sexual relationships , where the man goes too far and persuades himself in the passion of a moment that ‘ No ’ means ‘ Yes ’ . |
| 16 | But to call it ‘ presidential ’ is both to go too far and to dignify it . |
| 17 | Mum takes me to the doctor , our village doctor , who weighs me and mumbles about taking dieting too far and makes me an appointment as an outpatient at the hospital . |
| 18 | Much worse to begin too soon and realize one has begun too soon than to begin too late and realize one has begun too late . |
| 19 | Much worse to begin too soon and realize one is inadequately prepared than to begin too late and realize one is over-prepared . |