Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] it [be] too " in BNC.

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1 He knew what was happening in the boathouse and it was too ordinary to convert into anything exciting .
2 He attempted evading action but it was too late .
3 Suddenly his face flooded with recognition but it was too late : the seat with Gazzer and his mate in had swept past him .
4 There is concern about funding for the Childrens Act and it 's too important to start scoring political points , whether there 's a general election or not t and I must admit I was off , I was off ill , off work during the week of the Tory Party Conference .
5 There is concern about funding for the Children Act and it 's too important to start scoring political points , whether there 's a General Election or not t and I must admit I was off , I was off ill , off work during the week of the Tory Party Conference .
6 David was absolutely marvellous , a tremendous show , and when it was over Dawson said to me , ‘ Ken , it 's a marvellous act but it 's too good — when can I book it ? ’ .
7 But parents also had a responsibility and it was too easy to direct demanding children towards the TV screen .
8 well then if I go onto a medium , then you 're getting all this length and all this business here , all that business and it 's too much , if I could of found a four I 'd certainly tried it on for swimming you know , but I do n't want it all baggy and horrible you know
9 Mr Peter Markie , of Rudby parish council , said research into the health effects of EMF was in its infancy and it was too early to discount links .
10 The Britons were given mouth to mouth and heart massage but it was too late .
11 She pushed out her right arm for protection but it was too late .
12 Melanie nudged the detached torso with her foot but it was too heavy to shift .
13 Either there was no helium or it was too faint to detect with the equipment then available .
14 NRA Thames Region spokeswoman Sharon Bolton said : ‘ We had a call late on Sunday night and it was too dark to do anything so we went down on Monday morning and although there was evidence of oil there was not a sufficient amount for concern .
15 ‘ We went to court but it was too late . ’
16 You may have heard talk of retaliation but it 's too early to talk about that , ’ says a spokesman .
17 Part of that would be that they identify that that 's , I 'm going there two years hence that 's the pathway and it 's too late to wait until next January a year from January and suddenly realise they need six G C S E's , a , b , c when they 've lost half their grades on the course work to date .
18 So it must have been a grown person 's skull but it 's too small and light for an adult male , so it must have been a woman .
19 She mopped her eyes with the tablecloth but it was too wet to help much .
20 I got a bit carried away with Martha and dallied in the Arran Heritage centre over long — ‘ Everyone wants to know about the past and it is too late . ’
21 ‘ Queen Street has always been one of the main access points to the beach and it is too far to expect old people to walk around the end of the development , ’ she added .
22 Then I tried it Cloister and it was too boring , and then I saw that they had Lanston Cochin at Mackenzie and Harris in San Francisco , so we used that and when we moved to phototype I did n't really go with the whole Jenson thing at all .
23 And I came to ask the doctor if I could get H R T. And she took my blood pressure and it was too high
24 Endill bent down and tried to reach his hand but it was too far away .
25 Tim Devlin , of course , has an advantage as the sitting MP but it is too close to call at the moment . ’
26 You have now set sail for a new destination and it 's too late to turn back .
27 He had hurt his right ankle and it was too painful to put to the ground .
28 She snatched at the memory but it was too obscure .
29 Fortunately she returned to the clinic the following day and having no milk they showed her how to make a supplementary feed but it was too late and the baby died .
30 ‘ I 'll miss the involvement but it 's too important for England to qualify for the World Cup finals to take any chances . ’
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