Example sentences of "be too [adj] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ‘ tink you 're too good for Dingle ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You 're too old for sex at forty , or is it forty-one ? ’ |
| 3 | who who erm are consistently being told they 're too old for things . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm too young for pearls , ’ she teased , ‘ and I have shoes enough , but I can never have enough of romance . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm too plain for jewels ! |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm too old for pantomimes , I 'm an adult . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm too old for kiss and catch . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Although it may be too early for Stuart Pearce at the present time , he will surely be in contention at some stage in the future . ’ |
| 9 | The animals within them are therefore extremely vulnerable , mainly because the populations within them tend to be too small for safety . |
| 10 | These are times when the suffering may be too deep for tears . |
| 11 | Below The Bundorragha River flows south of the gold-prospecting area , but should mining begin locals feel it would still be too close for comfort |
| 12 | To the Nuer , god appears both as lofty and remote , though omnipotent , while sometimes approachable and near-at-hand : indeed on some occasions he is felt to be too close for comfort and is earnestly beseeched to withdraw his presence and leave his people in peace . |
| 13 | Cross-addictions may be hotly denied because the subject matter may for some be too close for comfort . |
| 14 | Issues relating to the counsellor 's own personal and family life will need to have been processed thoroughly because counselling other people has to be impartial ( rather than be affected by issues in the counsellor 's own personal life ) and because the counsellor himself or herself may become unsettled when an issued being discussed with a sufferer may be too close for comfort to the counsellor 's personal experience . |
| 15 | Roughly midway between the equator and the poles , and in the middle of continents , the summers may be too dry for trees to grow , and the winters too cold . |
| 16 | The only other alternative would be to ask her father to collect her from the party , and , at twenty , that would be too embarrassing for words ! |
| 17 | It may be too late for man though . |
| 18 | The declaration stated : " We are changing all of this now in order that tomorrow it will not be too late for socialism in Yugoslavia . " |
| 19 | This means that L7 would be too late for Exosat , and ESA will have to use a Delta . |
| 20 | ‘ I think it may be too late for words . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ He could start back after Christmas but that would be too late for Cheltenham and there is always the risk that he could do more damage which would set him back for next season . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , but that might be too late for Danny , ’ I answered . |
| 23 | This temperature may be too low for comfort in a regularly used living room , so try and find a cooler spot for a longer display . |
| 24 | ‘ PF4 may also be too toxic for use in humans , ’ says Folkman , ‘ but it will give us a scientific lead to other compounds that might stop tumour growth . ’ |
| 25 | However , it may be too expensive for undergraduates . |
| 26 | But the requirement of leave need not be too burdensome for applicants if an expeditious procedure for cases of emergency is provided ; and the question of time-limits could be dealt with by making it clear that a short time-limit should be imposed only if public works would otherwise be held in undue suspense . |
| 27 | I 'm afraid that soon you will be too heavy for Swan . ’ |
| 28 | Its queen , Praxis , summons Riddler , a visionary architect , for help in repelling an enemy massed outside the gates , but Riddler , an old boot who would be too tough for Charlie Chaplin in The Gold Rush , wants to destroy the city in order to save it , pillaging the Temple of Culture for war material and finally blowing it up . |
| 29 | Leaving aside questions of personal preference , physiologically no vagina can be too big for sex . |
| 30 | In other situations , the flat or house may simply be too big for y our requirements , or much too expensive to run . |