Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] not [verb] too " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must have been watching because she smiled , or rather tried not to smile too obviously — she tried to conceal her pleasure in witnessing the beginning of her triumph by pressing her lips together , but the smile came out anyway . |
| 2 | The annual replacement of the fuel rods a month later did not go too well either . |
| 3 | He also learned not to place too much reliance on his senses and feelings . |
| 4 | To save precious fuel , sheep were occasionally used on the front field instead of a motor-mower to keep the grass in check , though it probably did not matter too much , as for a short period the field could no longer be used anyway for Games , owing to the telegraph poles and other obstacles laid and dug there to thwart landings by German gliders and paratroopers . |
| 5 | Flavia did as she was told ; then tried not to drink too fast . |
| 6 | Robert Asshe , that giant , with the blood of actors in him , however did not permit too much of all that ; he insisted on stern rehearsals , and criticised every fault in the way he had always done , while Selene , the younger sister , sat by with the prompting-lines . |
| 7 | Although unusual it certainly did not prove too challenging for the team from Birmingham . |