Example sentences of "[vb mod] get too " in BNC.

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1 I do nt think we should get too complacent as we may have a genuine bad run and things are pretty tight in the top 10 at the moment , but then again I did say after the Oldham match that 4 more wins on the trot would see us averaging 2 points a game , which is statistically Championship form .
2 I 'm afraid he 'll get too hot and destroy himself one day , if he goes on like this . ’
3 Erm , I doubt if you 'll get too hard a time from us .
4 He shades the rock pool with a rush mat , so she does n't overheat , for she looks delicate , as if the sun on the water 'd get too much for her .
5 Yeah yeah certainly , erm I think that 's er that 's good , well if , if you can , if you can access it er in some way informally or , or , you know , it 's probably un unlikely that you 'd get too much stuff in writing as you say but , you know , er it could be very er productive and interesting erm tt erm can that sort of thing , particularly if you can get it in terms of quotes from people , you can sort of , you know , make a project look quite nice because it looks like if you do all this , you know , sort of stuff with the attitude scales it , it 's er it gives you lots of nice numerical data but er
6 ‘ I do n't think I could stand being a nurse because I would get too involved , so I hope one day to join the fire brigade , ’ she said .
7 At first the doctor was worried the boy would get too tired , but when he heard that Dickon would push the wheelchair , he agreed .
8 I am not too sure that we would get too many Tories to sign .
9 Her father , a Swansea lawyer , discouraged her from going into the legal profession because he thought she would get too emotionally involved in her cases .
10 Thomas ' father , a Swansea lawyer , discouraged her from going into the legal profession because he thought she would get too involved in her cases .
11 He hid behind the wine glass again , putting his lips to the liquid but not drinking despite his dry throat ; he would get too drunk .
12 I shall get too hot
13 The Civil Service in Britain has always this feeling that the problem with a specialist is that he may get too committed to his specialism .
14 Perhaps I had better not go on in this way or things will get too mushy and pastoral after all .
15 Generally , all the clues for problem solving are there , if a little disguised at times , but it 's unlikely you will get too stuck on the easy setting .
16 The ability to cut down the distance signals travel by reducing the size of the computer is limited by the amount of heat the components generate ; a computer that is too small will get too hot .
17 In drama schools , improvisation is about finding a way of expanding the imagination and liberating the senses , which can get too confined if students work entirely from a text all the time .
18 If I cross my hands over my breast I can think I 'm dead and in paradise , but it 's true what they say , you can get too tired to sleep .
19 ‘ You know , Anne , you can get too close to a problem and not see it properly .
20 When you think a guy 's afraid and hiding from you , you can get too confident .
21 Also , as you get friendlier , you can get too far away from the centre of the life .
22 You can get too rich and beyond rich , you know , you 're worse off getting richer .
23 Yes , I mean it 's really a question as far as you 're concerned of keeping abreast of what 's going on , I mean after all , it is I 'm just slightly worried personally that we 're everybody seems to be very optimistic , and I mean I 'm not in a position to judge one way or the other , but erm you know what it 's like , you know surely you can get too optimistic ?
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