Example sentences of "been too [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | That reminds me : I asked whether he 'd heard anything within a few minutes of seeing young Hamnett , hoping he 'd say a shot , of course , which really would have been too good to be true . |
| 2 | and I said oh there 's Benjy , there must be something , you know , I thought it was one of the kids that had jumped or something because the little one had always climbing and jumping off the wall , breaking his leg you know the weak one , and the next minute saw the ambulance outside , but he must of been , it must of been too massive to be able to do anything cos he was n't breathing that bit you see |
| 3 | They must have been too valuable to be discarded wantonly . |
| 4 | ‘ What would have happened to the world if Churchill had been too scared to be rude to Hitler when he marched into Sarajevo ? ’ |
| 5 | The man she had just interviewed , a Mr Liam Groves , had not been too happy to be interviewed on Boxing Day . |