Example sentences of "[pers pn] be too " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are all suggestions I 've been given , but most of them are too vague for people to do anything with . |
| 2 | The general diagnosis of the weaknesses of the existing structure followed the usual pattern of a criticism of small outdated local authorities : ‘ There are too many authorities and many of them are too small … ’ |
| 3 | Perhaps it 's best if I hand over now to Nick to run through the proposals there are some amendments to the one that you had as appendix one erm I do n't think any of them are too substantial . |
| 4 | ’ They never have any trouble with their parents most of them are too wrapped up in their work and their money to take an interest in what their children are doing anyway . |
| 5 | Have n't you guessed , or have I been too indirect ? |
| 6 | Jerry and I are too frightened and too young to take part . |
| 7 | Tiriac is still miffed that the ATP final did not come to Stuttgart : ‘ The ATP told me to join the auction , but I am too good to have to do that . ’ |
| 8 | At the moment I am too hungry to feel sorry for the pig . |
| 9 | I am too miserable for words . |
| 10 | Bruce Shepherd , marketing director of the Scottish-based A.T.Mays chain ( nearly 300 shops , 60 per cent in England ) thinks I am too severe in my view of agency service . |
| 11 | When she came back she would say , ‘ You think I am too old for sex , eh ? ’ |
| 12 | I am too good to serve food to them . |
| 13 | ‘ I am too young for this , ’ she said and handed him an article in return on the male menopause . |
| 14 | ‘ I am too small for all the steadfast love ’ ( that is a literal translation of the Hebrew , which is much more striking than our English versions ) ‘ and all the faithfulness which thou hast shown to thy servant , for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan ; and now I have become two companies . ’ |
| 15 | And yet — I am too hasty , too defensive — Yes , he did identify that mirage , or illusions , delusions very close in configuration to it . |
| 16 | I do n't know how the story started , but the truth is I am too close to my family to move away . ’ |
| 17 | One of my biggest mistakes is that I am too trusting . ’ |
| 18 | I am too clever and too hard to manage . |
| 19 | I am too hot to bother with them . |
| 20 | But I am too busy looking for View of Bay as specified in advertisement . |
| 21 | You may think that I am too harsh and write with lack of sympathy for the children , expecting them to struggle with concepts which cause greater minds a great deal of thought . |
| 22 | However , lest you think that I am too good to be true , let me at once add that I am not in the slightest inclined to gamble . |
| 23 | He went on ‘ I am too old now to think you can improve people 's natures . |
| 24 | It seems that I am too much of an ‘ air head ’ to understand the Washburn advertisement on pages 152 and 153 of the October edition of your magazine . |
| 25 | But at just thirtysomething , I am too young to be an orphan . |
| 26 | Or perhaps I am too old . |
| 27 | I am too old now to play at any mock repentance . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I am too old and stubborn to be making up , ’ he said . |
| 29 | I am hoping , with all my artistic heart , that this report turns out to be a myth , as I have tested a whole range of media including oils , only to discover what could be considered a negative quality in me : I am too damned impatient to allow the oils to dry before continuing with the painting ! |
| 30 | Similarly , in Fever 103 , she writes , ‘ I am too pure for you or anyone . |