Example sentences of "[conj] i was too " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or would I start screaming that I 'd left a soufflé in the oven , or forgotten to get the coat back from the cleaners , or I was too young to die … ’ |
| 2 | Either Melanie pushed some part of her anatomy against my leg or I was too close to the campfire . |
| 3 | I enjoyed the Green College Seminar , although I was too exhausted to get really stuck into the debate . |
| 4 | In fact , Mum had reprimanded me many times for being Sam 's lap-dog , saying that I was too much under my brother 's rotten influence . |
| 5 | The blank pages in my diary testify as much , and in addition that I was too apathetic to continue recording just how bored I was in the periods between my bouts of organising activity . |
| 6 | He admitted : ‘ What I 've learned is that I was too complacent going into this competition . |
| 7 | I was eleven years old , and I honestly believe that I was too young to cope , that my father should never have taken me to the game , that if he had been a responsible parent he would have recognized the potential for trauma that the afternoon contained . |
| 8 | The King of Blefuscu , however , replied that I was too strong to be taken prisoner , and that I would soon be returning to my country anyway . |
| 9 | To their further questions I answered that I was too tired to speak . |
| 10 | It was less that I was too proud , more that I was too embarrassed . |
| 11 | It was less that I was too proud , more that I was too embarrassed . |
| 12 | They said that I was too much of myself . |
| 13 | I only got Rosie 's help because he put it to you ; of course , it would be in a very nice way , that I was too tired to give him his rights . ’ |
| 14 | With hindsight , it 's clear that I was too single-minded about racing , too immersed , and that if I 'd paced myself better the joy would have lasted much longer . ’ |
| 15 | and they told me that I was too late , the school told me too late |
| 16 | Erm I felt really organized cos Mr said that I was too hyperactive and I needed to have , I had to do something constructive so he sent me out posting well giving everyone their letters and I felt really I mean he did n't do it nastily , he just said I was flitting about and needed something to do and so it was really fun . |
| 17 | To get out of this trap we must first disobey our parents , no uncommon thing today , but in my day , it really was a very big step and I was too fainthearted to take it . |
| 18 | He was only thirty-six and I was too young to remember much about it . |
| 19 | ‘ I know , ’ I said again , and I was too , but not for the reasons the proctologist believed . |
| 20 | She did n't say anything to me and I was too scared to speak in case she started on me , but her mood changed in a flash when Mary came down , and she was all smiles . |
| 21 | One of the vital things I had to do — and I was too tired to help him myself — was to keep Jimbo occupied . |
| 22 | I never climaxed and I was too shy and too timid to ask for what I wanted , so afterwards I 'd be resentful … ’ |
| 23 | And I was too strong in that , you see . |
| 24 | Syl was away all day with our host , shooting something , and I was too shy to say I was tired and would like to go and sleep in my room . |
| 25 | She was too good a cook and I was too faithful a disciple of her art Just lounging by our bed-sitter 's fireside was the sweetest of all occupations . |
| 26 | But by then there was another sexbox cruising down the floor towards us , and I was too fuddled and clogged to argue . |
| 27 | Pointer needed no further encouragement and I was too intrigued to object to floundering through the frozen bracken . |
| 28 | I do n't recall it very well , for it happened before I came , and I was too young to be much interested , in any event . ’ |
| 29 | And I was too stubborn to see it . ’ |
| 30 | But when I recall her attitude over this house I ca n't help wondering if that hardness has always been in her , and I was too dumb to see it . ’ |