Example sentences of "they were too [adj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The women not only carried all the possessions they did n't want to risk losing in large baskets on their heads but also had to control their children and often had to sling them over their backs as they were too weak to walk themselves . |
| 2 | Now they were too weak to discuss anything . |
| 3 | The original requisition of ships was uncontested , although many towns protested that they were too poor to provide what was asked . |
| 4 | She did n't belong here , but they were too self-involved to see it . |
| 5 | They were so engrossed asking questions and spending their Sainsbury 's gift vouchers that they were too late to visit their next port of call — Windsor Castle ! |
| 6 | In between they were too busy enjoying themselves on the beach at Barmouth , or down by the lake or clambering up Snowdon . |
| 7 | Someone must have buried them when they were too frightened to hand them in to the police station . |