Example sentences of "too [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he waxed into an eloquent period , he would realize the absurdity of his situation or the humbug of his pleading and be overcome with internal laughter , a laughter so vast that on occasion it left him too weak to go on with the speech . |
| 2 | Alison Norman in her challenging discussion paper suggests very basic origins for ageism : ‘ We have , after all , an animal inheritance and it is animal instinct to challenge and destroy the leader of the herd when his strength begins to fail and to abandon to their fate animals which are too weak to keep up with the rest . ’ |
| 3 | He was staring at the glove box now , he was too low to see out of the window . |
| 4 | Pilot David Moore , 47 , of Downend Horsley , Glos , was flying too low to pull out of a loop in front of horrified crowds , the South Manchester coroner heard . |
| 5 | Cos she 's just too lazy to get off of her bottom . |
| 6 | We tell them to be quiet because we want them to look at television , or say it 's too wet to go out for a walk when they are wanting to wear their new wellies . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought Mum was much too old to carry on like that . ’ |
| 8 | And of course Mr our salesman er he took it up to that big estate and er Mr had got too old to go up to the shooting on the horse you know . |
| 9 | The reason I say it 's , it 's , the system 's too old to go back to the Japs and say get this sorted out , rewrite the software because they 're just gon na say not likely we have n't made it for ten years , or whatever seven or eight years or whatever it is , it 's out of date , they 're not gon na start working on the system that 's that old all they 'll want to do is to sell you a new one |
| 10 | And this trend has sparked frequent claims that many people are living in fear , often too afraid to go out at night . |
| 11 | How could she let these people down because she was too afraid to face up to her own weaknesses ? |
| 12 | Unfortunately , working-class blokes were far too sensible to take up with Gina . |
| 13 | Finding the car park empty , he was too embarrassed to go back to the pub and ask for help . |
| 14 | She loved Simon ; too much to set out with him in that way — two pawns in a combinazione , a deal , even if partly his own . |
| 15 | There 's not too much mucking around with finances and all that palaver , and there 's even automatic team selection to save time . |
| 16 | One place in a team is not too much to give up in return for new ideas and expertise . ’ |
| 17 | The women were asked ‘ Do you find you have too much to get through during the day ? ’ |
| 18 | We have too much hurrying about in these islands ; much for idle pleasure and more from over activity in the pursuit of wealth without regard to the good or happiness of others . |
| 19 | There was too much going on for just one person to deal with . |
| 20 | And after about four months I thought I was strong enough to tackle the weight , and that it would n't be too much going on at once . |
| 21 | There was too much going on at DEA Nicosia for Control to risk losing the back-channel reports the DIA needed to maintain its overview of American operations in the Middle East . |
| 22 | Avoid fussiness — too much going on at once — too much chopping and changing about . |
| 23 | There 's too much going on in Adventuredom to give much room to its older denizens , but you ca n't go far wrong with Bloodwych — it got a Sizzler in Issue 65 ! |
| 24 | The major felt there was too much going on in his head . |
| 25 | ‘ Or maybe I just do n't see too much to laugh about at the moment . |
| 26 | ‘ Too much sitting down in my job . |
| 27 | Though most merchants say it is too early to come up with a firm idea of the trade , the initial reports on quality suggest some low nitrogens and good bushel weights , at least for the Puffin that seems to predominate at the moment . |
| 28 | Villagers were at a loss as to how to repair the frayed rope , or lanyard , as the flagpole is on the edge of the medieval church 's tower and is too dangerous to climb up to . |
| 29 | Some present MPs think it has already " become all too easy to opt out of real responsibility at Westminster by immersion in constituency work " . |
| 30 | And again she found herself thinking that maybe Jeff had been right and Guido was simply an insufferable bully , the type of man it would be all too easy to fall out with . |