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 . |