Example sentences of "too [adj] to get [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Perhaps he 's too ill to get to a telephone , ’ said Mervyn in a satisfied tone-'that 's what it is . ’ |
2 | That year saw England 's famous World Cup victory , and James Cossins recalled ‘ the difficulty of getting us all out of the wardrobe at the Duke of York 's — the only room with a TV set — in time for curtain up on the second house on the Saturday night that England won , and the fact that the cast were almost too hoarse to get to the end of the play . |
3 | By that time it may be too late to get into the market place with the product . |
4 | As the Mercedes crossed the bridge to the gate , he leaned back and said softly , ‘ Too late to get off the roundabout now , Walter , far too late . ’ |
5 | Not only did the street fill with sirens and blue lights like an episode of Kojak , the cops that piled up the stairs were too fat to get through the attic space and pursue the men . |
6 | She is imprisoned within massive earthen walls from which she can never escape for her body is far too big to get through the passages that lead to it . |