Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [adv] [be] too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought the transition period had always been too long , because authority deserts a dying king , and neither China nor the Hong Kong people were going to take much notice of us by the time it got to the Nineties . |
| 2 | The truth had not been too difficult to discover . |
| 3 | Apparently the school dessert had n't been too popular with the children : the remains of the custard had been put out in a bin , and this had attracted that great opportunist , the starling . |
| 4 | William 's mum had never been too bothered about the Church ; she had other gods to propitiate . |
| 5 | Her mother had n't been too pleased with Kevin as a son-in-law . |