Example sentences of "too [adj] [coord] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The World Bank has too many people costing too much and working in the wrong place . |
| 2 | The smallest varieties are the most prized , so the plants have to be picked over every two or three days to prevent the buds from becoming either too large or opening into flowers . |
| 3 | She hoped that perhaps Faye would speak her misgivings aloud that the dress was really far too sophisticated and daring for a humble nurse at her employer 's Christmas party . |
| 4 | Watch out for household products being used up too fast or appearing in places where they are not usually kept . |
| 5 | But if I went to Joyce and told him that his men were doing something that was n't fair to the police , trying us too hard or interfering with our time off , he 'd have his men right off that job in half an hour and there 'd be no grumbling . ’ |
| 6 | ( The story of how we acquired 800 uniform boxes is too long and exhausting for this report , nut Bill Axford is the hero of that one … ) . |
| 7 | The formal experiments and innovations on which Picasso was about to embark , and which were to result in a fully developed Cubist language were too innovative , too complex and demanding to be developed or pursued within the context of multifigure compositions . |
| 8 | Montague 's tone is too shallow and lacking in body in the lower register to do justice to this ‘ breeches ’ role , and Ricciarelli , though often touching , has all too many and too conspicuous vocal difficulties above the stave . |
| 9 | As well as all the obvious advice about not smoking , becoming too fat or drinking to excess , there is the important question of exercise . |
| 10 | While some in the establishment may be asking whether things are not going too far and calling for the floodgates to be closed , as the careers of powerful figures come to an end , the magistrates are determined to see the process through to its conclusion . |
| 11 | It is important to realise that there is no particular danger in downwind landings on an airfield , apart from the possibility of floating too far and overshooting into the far boundary . |
| 12 | This is not as mawkish as it sounds largely due to some fine acting but Elenya is ultimately too slow and lacking in true tension and surprise to make it as special as its juvenile lead . |