Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [pers pn] be too " in BNC.
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1 | But is not , I mean it 's too late at the moment because both the Citizen and |
2 | Well ah , we can mention it at the meeting , but I mean it 's too late really and er anyhow I should n't think anyone will go . |
3 | and you assume something 's gon na happen and just cos , I mean I was too embarrassed to speak to him on like Monday and Tuesday |
4 | I mean I 'm too frightened the things what happened what you know , the stereo nicked and |
5 | No , but I expect it 's too hot in there crack the dishes . |
6 | But from what I hear he was too fussy for his own good . |
7 | I know I 'm too thin , I do n't like what I look like and I 've been told if I lose any more weight I 'll have to give up work and be admitted to hospital . |
8 | I board the plane feeling no pain , eat the evening meal and continue with the G&T theme , land in Gatwick and make the connection via the smoking area of the bar and another gulped Gordon 's , then pass on the second offered dinner but not the accompanying booze and quietly pass out somewhere over the West Midlands , to be woken by a dishy blonde with an impudent , dimpled smile and we 're here we 've landed we 've arrived , we 're on the stand at the airport and I 'd ask her what she 's doing later because I 'm drunk enough to not care when she says ‘ No ’ as she probably will , but I know I 'm too tired and besides my left eyelid 's stuck again and I suspect it makes me look a bit like Quasimodo , so I do n't say anything except , ‘ Uh , thanks , ’ which is cool or sad , I 'm not sure which . |
9 | I know I 'm too old for you , but believe me , I 'll take more care of you than a younger man would . |
10 | But , ’ he continued smoothly , ‘ now that you are here , I know you are too curious to let the matter drop . ’ |
11 | Her father was explaining something to her in that overloud , careful voice which he used to her mother , the voice which said : ‘ I know you are too stupid to understand this but I will talk slowly and loudly and hope that you wo n't try my patience too far . ’ |
12 | ‘ I know it 's too late now and that it — it does n't make any difference , ’ she said raggedly , ‘ but when I saw you again I knew that I loved you , too . |
13 | Robert , who had been very silent , said suddenly , ‘ I know it 's too soon , but your little daughter might feel her loss less deeply if you gave her another dog . |
14 | and I know it 's too close but I 'm still getting a good wash . |
15 | She said she 'll send me a letter , but I reckon it 's too early to go and have a look . |
16 | ‘ Their news programmes are very professional but I believe they are too dry , pompous and sometimes too unimaginative for many people 's tastes . ’ |
17 | She said we 'd get some in the sales , but I suppose it 's too late now . |
18 | I suppose it 's too late to alter that now . ’ |
19 | I suppose it 's too much to expect a senior Queen 's Counsel to work the same hours as ordinary folk , ’ Bragg said grumpily . |
20 | When it came to within a few days of my scheduled departure date , I said to Michael , ‘ I suppose it 's too late now . ’ |
21 | I suppose it 's too late to put an antebellum mansion on the label ? ’ |
22 | ‘ I suppose it 's too much to expect that you might look at what 's happened today from my point of view . ’ |
23 | I suppose it 's too late for cyclamen so it 'll have to be tulips or daffs — which do you think ? ’ |
24 | I suppose it 's too small |
25 | I suppose it 's too much of a mixture up here is n't it ? |
26 | ‘ I suppose it was too much to expect a quiet afternoon , , Corporal Broadhead comments as he answers the call . |
27 | We saw so little of each other , and I suppose it was too late . |
28 | I was out at a friend 's house , we were opening a bottle of beer , the top had jammed , and I stuck it in the heel of the door to get the top off , and it exploded , I suppose it was too shaken up with everyone handling it . |
29 | I suppose I was too young and naïve to realise that you must have had a very active sex life before you met me . |
30 | I suppose I was too shy . |