Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [noun pl] [adv] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in this varied picture there were even some share-croppers still to be found , though everywhere they were dwindling in importance . |
| 2 | She had heard those words too many times before to be impressed by them . |
| 3 | She 'd made her feelings towards him abundantly clear , of course , and common sense decreed that he leave this little drama to fizzle out , but he 'd glimpsed too many enigmas tonight to be able to shrug off his unease and walk away . |
| 4 | Too many years ago to be worth mentioning , I had a boyfriend who failed to understand the religious nature of my viewing , any more than I understood his motivation in inviting me to view along side of him . |
| 5 | If the waiters were curious about the room being in darkness they neither said nor did anything which indicated it ; they had been in the hotel business for far too many years now to be surprised by the antics or activities of the guests . |