Example sentences of "be too [adj] for [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Bobby bought it yesterday and lent it to dad cos we bought we bought ourself , well Rob , dad did , I do n't look at them erm they 're too violent for me but dad bought it in Superkey only five ninety nine .
2 ‘ They 're too weak for it . ’
3 Those Ercoles that we got , those wing they 're too they 're too low for me .
4 ‘ Bonaparte 's got no stomach for the fight : knows we 're too strong for him , and has cleared off under cover of the mist . ’
5 Thought I might have got a chance at Pat Weaver , but you 're too efficient for me , Mister Doyle . ’
6 They 're too short for me . ’ ’
7 You 're too big for us .
8 You 're too big for us .
9 I do n't think they 'll fit Willie but they 're too tight for him .
10 ‘ You 're too ugly for her . ’
11 Yeah that 's they 're too hard for me .
12 I 'm too fast for you .
13 It 's like a toy town I 've put away in the cupboard because I 'm too old for it and here it is , still waiting for me .
14 ‘ I 'm too old for it now , but thanks for the thought , ’ Morrow eventually managed .
15 I know I 'm too old for you , but believe me , I 'll take more care of you than a younger man would .
16 ‘ I 'm too old for you , Felicity . ’
17 Well , now that I 'm too big for me boots , d' you think me legs 'll sprout ? ’
18 The shock might be too great for him . ’
19 Some mothers will be too disorganized to do this : either they may demonstrate a lack of concern about the problem or the stresses at home may be too great for it to be filled in reliably .
20 Yeah , but the thing is right they 're sevens and they 're gon na be too small for them by the time holiday gets round say September
21 I 've been worried it would be too small for you . ’
22 Well a small child will be too small for you I think , yeah .
23 Er well y I pick one that might be too long for you so pick Roxy Roxy which I love .
24 It was decided it would be too traumatic for them if they had to be flown away again afterwards .
25 " I shall be too tall for him , I know it , " she whispered .
26 ‘ Whoever killed Charlie , hanging 'd be too good for him . ’
27 ‘ If Liverpool are at their best , they will be too good for us , ’ he said .
28 If hell existed , it would be too good for you .
29 when Sheila was here last week and Linda , and Linda 's little boy Christopher and he 's only about a month younger than Annabel and erm she feels the bits would be too tiny for him .
30 ‘ My sister will be there and perhaps one or two of our parishioners , so I hope it wo n't be too dull for you , ’ Sophia said .
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