Example sentences of "too [adj] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As a result , there is too much short-termism , too much reacting to events , not enough shaping of events . |
| 2 | Erm I think it 's just a little too much looking over their shoulder because sh to , to , in order to look at the camera she 's having to keep her eyes over really , yo you know really over to her er right , and erm it tends to be a little bit erm uncomfortable . |
| 3 | ‘ I think lawyers have been too much looking from the law outwards rather than as a client looking at the law from the outside . |
| 4 | There was too much riding on one man . |
| 5 | Mind you , there wo n't be too much muttering about top-roping from other Scottish climbers given that almost every ascent of Fated Path ( on the same crag ) has been top-roped prior to leading , despite that route having fixed protection all the way up ! |
| 6 | There was n't too much grumbling about the prices interestingly enough . |
| 7 | But mother 's too close for comfort ; there 'd be too many nearby friends , too many chances of bumping into people I 'd rather not bump into ; too much mitigating against the clean break ; new start . |
| 8 | Do not leave too much sitting in laughter lines or they will seem like crevices ! |
| 9 | Ve do n't haf too much mugging in Punta Arenas . ’ |
| 10 | It was too dangerous wandering around the school during the day if the Headmaster was about . |
| 11 | According to a State Education Commission investigation , various work units across the country had refused 5,500 graduates in 1987 , indicating that there were too many coming from the universities . |
| 12 | Expressed is an alienation , too great distancing between the work and where decisions can be made . |
| 13 | I 'm too busy looking at you . ’ |
| 14 | I was too busy looking at the picture and the frame |
| 15 | We 're too busy looking for more truths . ’ |
| 16 | But I am too busy looking for View of Bay as specified in advertisement . |
| 17 | He had never examined a man before : whenever they had been near before he had been too busy looking for an escape route . |
| 18 | If it was stormy people were too busy looking after the farm and the animals to bother much , but when it was clear we had a nice meal . |
| 19 | Women , according to this view , are too busy looking after children ( and their husbands and elderly parents ) to participate as fully as men in the labour market . |
| 20 | They 'll be too busy looking after themselves , ’ Benton hissed . |
| 21 | She had been too busy looking after people to pay much attention to the way her life was going , but compared with Lottie 's life and his brother and sister-in-law 's , theirs had been very humdrum . |
| 22 | I could hear my mum and the teacher talking , but what about I do not know because i was too busy looking around the classroom , it seemed massive to me . |
| 23 | ‘ Ach they 're too busy playin' tae a system now tae score goals . |
| 24 | Moreover the Brigadier was far too busy reminiscing with Lady Southdown , talking politics with Lord Southdown , and flirting mildly with Clarissa on his other side . |
| 25 | Eva was too busy concentrating on the first foothold to wonder what she had done with it . |
| 26 | She could hardly concentrate on what he was doing , because she was far too busy concentrating on making sure that her stupid legs did n't crumble under her . |
| 27 | far too busy going round the world or whatever ! |
| 28 | They were too busy arguing about your mother to see you , ’ while another part understands and sides with Adrian 's outrage : ‘ There 's no of course about it . |
| 29 | It 's a refreshing change from all the bands who 've been too busy staring at the stars or their shoes to risk a glimpse at one another . |
| 30 | All her energies were too busy focusing on how much she disliked this man , who had not even deigned to tell her his name as yet , even though he knew hers . |