Example sentences of "[v-ing] it was too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , the trustees of the will have sold the building , because the cost of coverting it was too high . |
| 2 | She snuggled back down under the covers , deciding it was too early to get up yet . |
| 3 | It recently boycotted a visit by a South African diplomat to Darlington , saying it was too early to allow the economic barriers erected against the country 's apartheid policies to be brought down . |
| 4 | But he is flying in the face of opposition from the ruling Labour group who recently boycotted a visit by a South African diplomat saying it was too early to bring them in from the cold . |
| 5 | Two weeks ago the ruling Labour group on the council boycotted a visit by a South African diplomat saying it was too early to bring that country in from the cold . |
| 6 | A judge in Alaska rejected part of the $1 billion settlement of the Exxon Valdez oil spill , saying it was too lenient . |
| 7 | By the time he realized that war was coming it was too late to get out . |
| 8 | I rushed him away , to a little ante-room between the two delivery-rooms , knowing it was too late for resuscitation . |
| 9 | ‘ She 's over there , ’ she pointed out , knowing it was too late to back out . |
| 10 | We were lucky last week cos half of us have got netball , half of us have got hockey , but last week because it was raining it was too bad for the hockey people to go out cos they co , with it being dark as well so we , we just stayed inside . |
| 11 | So if you happened to be out of the house working it was too bad , unless you got a house cleaner to put your name down for you . |