Example sentences of "if [pers pn] was too " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I was too embarrassed , too full of shame to go and see them , it was n't just my fault ; it was theirs too , because of the way they 'd brought me up ( God , I thought I 'd stopped using that excuse when I left Lochgair Primary School ) . |
| 2 | But if I was too drunk to remember I 'd have been too drunk to perform . |
| 3 | If it was too far , they 'd have to move lodgings again . |
| 4 | One boy , sitting near the front , leant forward slightly if the reader 's voice volume needed raising and leant back slightly if it was too loud . |
| 5 | The doughmen could tell by the feel of the dough , and by the sound that it made during mixing , if it was too dry or too wet , and add small amounts of required ingredients to compensate . |
| 6 | In the wild , an owl would find shelter if it was too windy , closing itself up as tightly as possible . |
| 7 | However , if it was too weak and watered down a version of Presbyterianism for the Scots , it none the less proved far too rigid and alien for the majority of the English laity . |
| 8 | When gardening he often wore very baggy trousers with braces , gum boots and a waist-length black donkey jacket which hung loose and looked as if it was too short . |
| 9 | If it was too low , Michael kept mishearing lines and producing bizarre variations , many of which would , under other circumstances , have been funny , and did in fact produce some snorts of ill-advised laughter from the overwrought cast . |
| 10 | Then you 'd put the flimsy over it and then there was a kind of a an e an absorbent kind of a rag the right size , not too wet , cos if it was too wet it would run . |
| 11 | In fact she was just checking up on room service , wondering if it was too late to order a plain omelette and salad in her room . |
| 12 | Or if it was too deep , you could fill it with wax |
| 13 | When she had finished she turned to Nara , who had just come back with the things she needed and was peering round the door , as if he was too scared of her magic to come right in . |
| 14 | This was perhaps the one element of veiled blackmail in Baldwin 's dealing with the King , the faint suggestion that if he was too awkward with the Government he might end up without either the Throne or the freedom to marry Mrs Simpson . |
| 15 | He brushed against Harry as he emerged from the shop , but uttered no apology , as if he was too irritated to have noticed . |
| 16 | I wondered if he was too obtuse to pick up what I was driving at ; he was a simple soldier , after all , serving his country to the best of his ability , etc. , etc . |
| 17 | Ruth nodded and before she could ask him if he was too he clasped her hands and hauled her from the water into his arms . |