Example sentences of "too [adj] [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are some women and children but most are men from other camps , many too weak to move and with nowhere to go if they could . |
| 2 | She was too exhausted to resist and showed them into the living room . |
| 3 | The editor 's look suggests displeasure , but I am too elated to worry and with a skip I whirl into the revolving doors and out laughing into the night.But now , what a fiasco ! |
| 4 | According to the itinerary Wednesday was a rest day but after a half-hearted attempt at browsing around the Keswick shops we decided that the call of the fells was too strong to resist and headed for the Langdales . |
| 5 | Eduardo took me out to a nearby restaurant on the Tuesday evening , saying he was too lazy to cook and that he does not often nowadays have any or many chances to take women out ( ! ) , so in return on the Wednesday I got food to make up the rest of a meal using two wild ducks had generously given me to roast , and we had the second one cold on the Thursday after my second meeting . |
| 6 | people were simply too lazy to try and remember . |
| 7 | The problem was , he was too lazy to try and stop being lazy , |
| 8 | Both figures are too high to ignore and prove , if nothing else , that the greatest threat to computer security comes from within . |
| 9 | As the rebels , sword in hand , ran after the retreating cavalry , sonic of the royal infantry stood their ground and tried to take them in the flank but the heavy rain had left most of their cartridges too damp to fire and the frustrated musketeers thereupon also took to their heels . |
| 10 | Suddenly , the boar had been faced with a cliff too steep to climb and had turned on its heel . |
| 11 | It 's about really the tragedy of a man who 's too old to change and too stupid to realize he needs to . |
| 12 | Hopefully Oldham will prove me right … that SHOULD be an ok game as they are too crap to come and defend for 90 mins , so might try and attack us ( especially as its on the box ) . |
| 13 | The nightmare of childhood lived daily by orphan children in Romania is another example of a state of dreadful innocence abused by adults which is too painful to comprehend and yet which has become part of the domain of childhood as understood in Britain , just as images of the abuse of children by adults are also part of our daily reference to the violent world of childhood . |
| 14 | She was far too quick-witted to complain and endured silently , but she managed to extract a promise of a new hat and a new dress from him , before getting up an hour later to tidy herself and prepare supper . |
| 15 | She said she 'll send me a letter , but I reckon it 's too early to go and have a look . |
| 16 | Conditions were so bad that emergency crews were told it was too dangerous to try and restore power before daybreak . |
| 17 | It is all too easy to take and agree to a request for samples , ring up the appropriate department or dispatch centre and happily assume that it has gone . |
| 18 | However , it is all too easy to overfeed and pollute the water and kill the babies that way . |
| 19 | The horror of the memory made it all too easy to choke and scream , but to her relief her performance was cut short in seconds as the door burst open , the light snapped on and she was in Penry 's arms , held close to his chest , and so glad to be there that not even her guilt could mar the joy of the moment . |
| 20 | I finished painting when it was too dark to see and later , in the nearest pub , I asked myself why I find water the most satisfying of all foregrounds. what follows gives some of the answers . |
| 21 | Our media is never too squeamish to expose and pillory offending white people , from lager-louts and football hooligans to neo-Nazis and drunken drivers . |
| 22 | It was too cold to stand and stare , and the wind kept buffeting us dangerously each time we tried to gaze across at the Ocean . |
| 23 | As the winter continues it becomes too cold to work and a day off is in order . |
| 24 | Their chicks initially are too feeble to fly and they are unable to find food for themselves . |
| 25 | When France fell Adair was too ill to flee and Boulestin of course stayed with him . |
| 26 | But the problem will be more noticeable when they are too ill to travel and demand services like occupational therapists from their own authorities . |
| 27 | It was not trying too hard to follow and they knew that there was much sympathy for the strike inside the police force . |
| 28 | He 's trying too hard to please and it 's not a nice sight . |
| 29 | they were too deep to fathom and too tall to cross . |
| 30 | Even the known and tried types of temporary bridge took too long to erect and were difficult to construct . |