Example sentences of "too [adj] to be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm too old to be resentin' things like that , ’ he shrugs . |
| 2 | She feels too old to be sharing a tub with Xanthe , but she is staying the night at her grandfather 's , as often happens , and this is the drill , bath-time , bed-time , together . |
| 3 | Sydney Greenstreet was too old to be taking much of an interest , and had in any case become obsessed with some obscure quest of his own , neglecting his ‘ business ’ . |
| 4 | I 'm nine hundred and forty-three , and that 's far too old to be chasing around like a S'ss'arian gyeet . ’ |
| 5 | Richard , now happily married with two young children , told Vanity Fair magazine that he feels Jagger is too old to be chasing other women . |
| 6 | ‘ He is far too old to be carrying on like that , ’ she said censoriously . |
| 7 | It is not too early to be planning a project as complex and elaborate as this one . |
| 8 | It 's obviously far too early to be starting to think about Canadian prospects but , at the same time , it has to be realised that we are now probably little more than three years away from the '95 opening ceremonies , assuming a Southern Hemisphere location . |
| 9 | So they travelled home , about time they got home it were too late to be ringing . |
| 10 | It was too late to be worrying over any implications inherent in spending Christmas with the Danbys and now the day had dawned Meredith was rather pleased she was going to be with company , especially after her sighting of the whatever-it-was during the night . |
| 11 | Yo , it 's too late to be going to a accident . |
| 12 | ‘ The object of life is to enjoy it ; it 's far too short to be doing something you are bored by ’ Competitor who stays a jump ahead |
| 13 | And , as he says : ‘ The object of life is to enjoy it ; it 's far too short to be doing something you 're bored by . ’ |
| 14 | He was too drunk to be driving , he thought , angling a glance at her wide , sloping thighs on the seat beside him . |
| 15 | It seemed far too insignificant to be holding back a lake large enough to stretch from London to the Scottish borders . |
| 16 | You 're much too young to be thinking about boys , when I was your age I went around in a big friendly group , plenty of time for all that later on . |
| 17 | William Charles , the eldest son , had only recently left town for good , off to join his cousins in London ; young Benjamin was too young to be playing at soldiers , and Charles the Cheesemonger himself was a bit too old and certainly far too unhealthy to offer his services as a volunteer . |
| 18 | You 're way too smart to be driving a truck . |