Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] too " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately it came to a sudden stop , got too efficient at it , you see , and er got done too early . |
| 2 | I 'd flown too many missions , seen too many of my friends blown to pieces . |
| 3 | He 'd broken too many hearts . |
| 4 | Some hours later , under a dull red sunset , they were creeping up Kentra Bay in the shadow of Beinn Bhreac , past the bay where they 'd stopped too short the first raid , through the narrow channel to the sheltered pool behind . |
| 5 | For a fraction of a second it looked as though it were going to be just that , he 'd vaulted too hard and he was going to overshoot the small terrace and land on the ugly hard shapes of the garden furniture in the basement courtyard beneath . |
| 6 | Two wheels , round and round , he could n't take his eyes away , and this time it 'd be like worship , I dreamed that we were made of gold , he 'd seen too much , his eyes were gold , they 'd have to melt them down . |
| 7 | They 'd seen too many of their comrades tread on something nasty or gut-shot in a FAKINTIL ambush . |
| 8 | The verdict brought relief for some neighbours who said they 'd seen too many animals suffer over the years . |
| 9 | Do you think they would n't rather have known the truth than believe you 'd grown too selfish to care ? ’ |
| 10 | Francis wondered if he 'd pushed too hard . |
| 11 | He was staring at the lake , regretful perhaps that he 'd said too much not to say more . |
| 12 | He 'd said too much — and I had n't even begun to cotton on . |
| 13 | There was a momentary hesitation before he explained that he 'd only just got to the room , he 'd felt too disturbed by the shamanistic experience to sleep and had sat in the hospitality suite reading . |
| 14 | Preston was astonished at himself for letting it happen , but when he 'd first suggested wearing a condom Emily had said , ‘ You do n't have to , ’ and told him the story about her abortion , and he 'd felt too sorry for her , and too embarrassed , to insist on doing so for health reasons . |
| 15 | He thought he 'd got too much club for his second shot on the 17th , and he did n't hit it all that hard — a 5-iron — so he came up short of the green , after being in the left-hand semi-rough . |
| 16 | I had a row with her several times , but this once I said , why did n't she get out there and shift some bloody irrigation mats with me , and she just slapped her belly and said she 'd got too fat to bend . |
| 17 | ‘ He 'd got too many as usual . |
| 18 | Then I saw that he 'd got too old . |
| 19 | ‘ I suppose I read too many thrillers but in the end I 'd convinced myself you 'd got too tough and killed somebody and George was mixed up in that ! ’ |
| 20 | I 'd talked too much about him . |
| 21 | Sam looked as if he 'd had too much of the whole thing . |
| 22 | The clerk tried to stop him going up , but according to his tale , he 'd had too much to drink . |
| 23 | If she did n't know any better , she would have said she 'd had too much to drink , but apart from that first glass of punch , which she 'd never finished , and then Luke 's celebratory champagne , she had n't touched alcohol all evening . |
| 24 | She 'd acted too soon , burdened him before he was ready . |
| 25 | But when Farrel shook his hand he saw Lowell wince and realised he 'd gripped too hard . |
| 26 | because he said that when I came into that corner I pulled in I 'd slowed too much and then had to drive round , drive round the corner with my left foot flat on the floor and I thought oh , should n't your left foot be flat on the floor when you corner and that 's probably what he was getting at , as I could off been slipping the clutch . |
| 27 | I 'd spent too much of my life running away as it was . |
| 28 | Told that the show 's creators are black American musicians , Rich said they 'd spent too long in London . |
| 29 | He 'd spent too many years being an historian , analysing things . |
| 30 | We 'd arrived too late to enjoy whatever it was that the Sixties had ; and we were left the warm dregs to mull over . |