Example sentences of "too [adj] for [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Animals that are too aggressive , too daring , or too timid for their own good in terms of reproduction are gradually eliminated so that in a stable environment the median values tend to become the population norms . |
| 2 | Some ponds and lakes , too , are richer in life than might be expected ; and sometimes , indeed — when polluted — become too rich for their own good ( this is known as eutrophication ; see p.117 ) . |
| 3 | Unless you 're in the top league of American Express Gold Card shoppers , these delights might be just a bit too rich for your festive feasting . |
| 4 | While Merseyside did well to restrict the opposition to 22 at Smethwick , the Midlanders were too strong for our local bowlers and an overall deficit of 53 shots speaks for itself . |
| 5 | He is too absurd for his own good . |
| 6 | Clare was a true Breakspearean. too subtle for her own good . |
| 7 | It makes one look again at the plants in one 's garden and wonder what secret messages are being passed in ways too subtle for our human senses to grasp . |
| 8 | The manservant who let them in looked too young and too tall for his black coat . |
| 9 | This was bought-in at £6 million at Christie 's on 15 April , largely because the estimate was considered to be too high for what one expert commented was ‘ an early , dark , Leyden-period picture , which is at variance with what people want and expect in Rembrandt . |
| 10 | Other data points which do not plot within the standard gradient zone display reflectance values which must be considered too high for their present depth of burial . |
| 11 | On the other hand , they know that the price of preserving their communities in the way that they want will be too high for their own country to have to pay . |
| 12 | Men like McDonnell are too brave for their own good . |
| 13 | Mansell 's commitment to the job has led some to suggest he is too brave for his own good . |
| 14 | He 'd thought her a little too old for his own purposes , but always assumed she was there for the taking . |
| 15 | " You 're too calm for your own good . |
| 16 | ‘ Stephen can be too generous for his own good , ’ fitzAlan said tersely , ‘ and is all too prone to listen to well-meant but foolish advice . |
| 17 | Far too willing for my own good . |
| 18 | Whether it 's you or one of your kith and kin who 's been too clever for their own good you can bet your bottom dollar it 'll end in tears . |
| 19 | ‘ The horse is too clever for its own good ! ’ is a frequent complaint when a horse evades or refuses to do what is expected of it . |
| 20 | Lou and I have always presented a good public face : we make a happily married couple , a busy professional pair ; she in the media — seen as a little suspect , a little too clever for her own good — he in the interpretive arts : sensitive , hard-working , dedicated : often away . |
| 21 | ‘ I think you are too clever for your own good , ’ the Colonel said , ‘ but my wife says otherwise . |
| 22 | But you do have to , you do have to be aware of being too clever for your own good , because they only want a translation . |
| 23 | You might be just a wee bit too clever for your own good now . |
| 24 | You might be just a wee bit too clever for your own good now . |
| 25 | Perhaps that we can be too clever for our own good ; those who spin and weave the complexities of human relationships are likely to get caught in their own tangles one day . |
| 26 | According to her , he was too clever for his own good . |
| 27 | While most young male dogs go through a period of excessive sexual behaviour and can be a little too pushy for their own good with older males between the ages of about ten months and two years , they usually calm down and become more sociable with other dogs and less strife to have around the home . |
| 28 | I 've been too versatile for my own good . ’ |
| 29 | Her dark eyes , which seemed almost too large for her small features , held an expression of great sadness . |
| 30 | Smooth bloody everything , he thought , smooth voice , smooth clothes , altogether too smooth for his own good . |