Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [prep] be too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think this was the case , though , as many women did conform and those who stuck out in the way of Madeline Vesey Neroni and Mrs. Proudie were few and far between — few dared to be too independent or to try and think for themselves . |
| 2 | He wanted it to be called the Chemical Engineering Society but this proved to be too avant-garde , and a great opportunity to be first was lost . |
| 3 | John Ferrar knew Little Gidding to be too notorious to be safe , and guided him to a private house nearby . |
| 4 | And that seems to be too large an assumption . |
| 5 | Or is that gon na be too wide |