Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb mod] be too " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , in addition , I were accompanied by his fifteen soldiers I believed we should be too strong a party to invite attack , while not so strong as to alarm and provoke the tribes . |
| 2 | We were originally going to do two shows at Knebworth , but we had to cancel one because they figured it would be too hard — we could n't get the trucks there on time and get the show going when they wanted to do it . |
| 3 | She thought I might be too old . |
| 4 | He says he was ‘ hesitant ’ about joining the ASB — ‘ I thought I might be too much of an amateur ’ — but clearly enjoys the meetings . |
| 5 | Anna , 23 , knew she would be too sick to attend the official ceremony to receive her BA ( hons ) in business administration . |
| 6 | ‘ He thought you would be too Grand , ’ she said , rather gleefully . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought you 'd be too excited to sleep , ’ smiled Douglas as he turned the pages of the Radio Times . |
| 8 | I thought we 'd be too bollocksed by the time we get up there anyway . |
| 9 | The assistant gave a cry and ran to the door , although he knew he would be too late . |
| 10 | ‘ At first , we thought it would be too beautiful to use , ’ admitted Peter , ‘ but we accustomed ourselves to its ways . ’ |
| 11 | All those years of possible double jacquard knitting missed , because I thought it would be too difficult ! |
| 12 | I thought it would be too tiring — for Anne , that is . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I thought he would be too old , ’ said a delighted Denise . |
| 14 | ‘ I made excuses , said I thought he 'd be too busy and so on , so she said , ‘ Well , just pop round for a drink then . ’ |
| 15 | You said you would be too busy . |
| 16 | Eight out of 10 agreed it was OK for girls to carry condoms but half said they would be too embarrassed to buy them . |