Example sentences of "[adv prt] too far " in BNC.

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1 She went down too far , too far into the riding waves of pain , deep under water and drowning .
2 Depth of experience … tyros must avoid going down too far OVERNIGHT FILE
3 Faldo said : ‘ When you are my height you have a tendency to go down too far on the ball and that is what I was doing .
4 At the bottom , the win kept Oxford out of trouble and they ca n't afford to slip down too far .
5 Tools with extra long handles save him from having to bend over too far , which might undermine his balance .
6 The alleged incident came after Kapil , who was about to bowl , ran out Peter Kirsten when he backed up too far .
7 Lancashire might easily have lost a second wicket when Nick Speak backed up too far .
8 If your front leg in the strap is straight , it is a sure sign that you are performing the fatal mistake of leaning back too far .
9 The display should not be too deep ( ie should not stretch back too far from the window ) .
10 But he did discover that ‘ if you pull the stick back too far , too fast , it will stall and flick , and you need quick responses to recover , without losing height . ’
11 Lithuania 's cause was helped by some ropey Northern Ireland defending , and several occasions when the midfield dropped back too far , causing a traffic-jam in the last third of the pitch .
12 Also , the program has knowledge of qualitative physical principles relevant to its actual tasks , such as that if an object sticks out too far it will fall , and that it will pivot around the support point nearest to the centre of gravity .
13 There was a noise as he started to descend ; but it was just the boat , moving slightly with the swell of the lake and rubbing against one of those padded joists that stuck out too far from the quayside .
14 Take care not to swim out too far , particularly on deserted beaches .
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