Example sentences of "too [adj] [adv] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He imagined she would always picture herself as a woman too lazy ever to be guilty , with a certain black dash in the late afternoon , and a temperament born two gins below par . |
| 2 | The latter he rejects because it is clear the Irish are too barbarous even to be Spanish , but he supports the former account of origins . |
| 3 | He loved her too much even to be able to imagine such a thing ; Pavel 's was the love of Judas , a devotion so great that it encompassed even betrayal . |
| 4 | Damian considered her too inexperienced sexually to be able to fulfil that longing of his to express himself fully through the body . |
| 5 | To my disappointment I realized that the nearest group was in Manchester , which was too far away to be useful . |
| 6 | He could see figures emerging from the lifeboat hatch , but he was too far away to be able to identify faces . |
| 7 | Words were painted along each arm , but she was too far away to be able to make them out . |