Example sentences of "a touch too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was a little overweight , her hands a touch too pudgy when she reached for various books and took them from the shelves . |
| 2 | No argument over the legroom or headroom , but with five adults aboard the middle passenger is forced to perch on a solid hump with neighbours shoulders a touch too close for comfort . |
| 3 | In retrospect , though , it was a touch too apparent how many comedians in 1979 thought it was enough just to say , um , ‘ Bleep ’ — rather tamely , nobody got past the bleeper : for shock value , you 're better off with Radio 3 . |
| 4 | The sony has a touch too much Broadway slickness for my taste and , despite the presence of bigger name international stars , is not on the whole as well sung . |
| 5 | Her sister Sarah had , however , shown a touch too much character for the liking of the headmistress , Ruth Rudge . |
| 6 | It sounded just a touch too traditional . ’ |
| 7 | In the first movement of No. 99 , for example , the cumulative tension of the development is not quite realized — rhythms are a touch too easygoing , the offbeat sf accents too friendly . |
| 8 | The following day the dress rehearsal went so smoothly that after giving out his notes — the pause at the end of the third act , before Olwyn opened the cigarette box for the second time , was a whisker too long , and her response to Robert 's line to the effect that she 'd fabricated the person she loved a touch too quick — ; Meredith declared enough was enough . |
| 9 | On these more expensive versions the steering 's power assistance also varies with speed but there were times when this felt a touch too sensitive . |
| 10 | Also standard on both cars is power steering , perhaps a touch too heavy on the G60 , a touch too light and rubbery on the Calibra . |
| 11 | Perhaps they have been a touch too comfortable — but the collapse of Elliot and Michael 's business has put paid to that . |
| 12 | Also standard on both cars is power steering , perhaps a touch too heavy on the G60 , a touch too light and rubbery on the Calibra . |
| 13 | A laugh which , to Berdichev 's ear , was just a touch too self-confident . |
| 14 | They looked up , a touch too surprised . |
| 15 | Manzoku and Cool for Cats share a common start before diverging into separate lines ( to describe them as grooves would be a touch too expressive on either side of the crag 's blunt nose . |