Example sentences of "too [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interviewers have to strike a careful balance between establishing the kind of relationship with respondents that will encourage them to be frank and truthful , and avoiding becoming too friendly so that respondents try hard to please . |
| 2 | I nearly said it too loud then when does one , one could have one , one , Diana |
| 3 | Er , do n't speak too loud now |
| 4 | While little direct evidence is available on the fate of the mountain populations during this period , there is little doubt they were too weak numerically and organizationally to put up any effective resistance to either power . |
| 5 | Admittedly there were signs in the late 1980s that this pattern was breaking down , if only because both superpowers were becoming too weak economically to maintain their former roles , and because the model of a world divided by the October Revolution had little relation to the realities of the late 20th century . |
| 6 | The most famous and best loved of all Sam 's wild pets was a swan which he found one day lying prostrate by the side of Hury Reservoir , too weak even to stand . |
| 7 | On the shelf below him the old man was vomiting again , too weak even to roll over so that blood and mucus oozed down his chin and neck , some of it bubbling back into his throat . |
| 8 | She realized that the child was smiling straight at her but she was too tired to engage with her , too detached to make contact , too hidden to do anything but take a photograph and her fingers felt too weak even to do this . |
| 9 | Later still when too weak even for these outings , he would lie in his bed overlooking the grounds of the Serampore College he established in 1822 . |
| 10 | By that time she was in bed all day , too weak even to joke . |
| 11 | She let him drown her in the deep water , too weak even to raise her hands to cling to him . |
| 12 | 2.6 The Landlord shall procure that the Architect shall have [ due ] regard to the contents of any Defects Notice This is too weak even with reference to " due " regard . |
| 13 | And in fact our famous nest at Loch Garton , the young there actually er , both unfortunately died ; one killed by a fox , and the other was too weak really from lack of food to survive properly . |
| 14 | Both antagonists , however , were by now either too weak politically or too preoccupied to resume serious hostilities for the moment . |
| 15 | Salt windows are generally too weak mechanically to be included in high-pressure apparatus , and the cell shown in Fig. 5.11 ( d ) has diamond windows . |
| 16 | I 'm too nervous , too weak still , to look after the little one properly , give her all she needs . |
| 17 | Of course , if the adhesion at the interface is too weak then the material as a whole will be weakened so that , when there is no adhesion at all , one has to have some arrangement like cloth or rope or basket-work to hold the material together by friction . |
| 18 | I 'm not doing it , it 's too dear anyway Ange if you look at it . |
| 19 | ‘ Stuff is too dear now . |
| 20 | The key is to keep the fish just warm to avoid over-heating , and to veer towards a too solid rather than too oily mixture . |
| 21 | Remember too that later , when you complete your studies , Midland will still be there to offer you preferential borrowing arrangements while you are looking for a job and getting established in your career . |
| 22 | Note too that most astronomical telescopes give an upside-down or inverted image . |
| 23 | The notorious Dr Crippen , he pointed out , in fact murdered his assertive wife only because he was too vain simply to run away from her and make himself a target for scorn . |
| 24 | They would all chip in later , of course , but she was too shattered right now , they must all be too shattered right now , to start doing sums , working out who had eaten what and how much it had cost . |
| 25 | They would all chip in later , of course , but she was too shattered right now , they must all be too shattered right now , to start doing sums , working out who had eaten what and how much it had cost . |
| 26 | He was too exhausted even to go to Aix . |
| 27 | He lay still for hour after hour , naked beneath a sheet because of the heat and humidity , the mosquito net cast aside for air , too exhausted even to lift an arm to drive away the mosquitoes which constantly settled on his face . |
| 28 | He seemed too exhausted even to speak or move his eyes . |
| 29 | The abortive kidnapping had left him drained — too exhausted even to contemplate the consequences of his failure . |
| 30 | Lou 's voice trailed into silence ; she was played out , too exhausted even to weep . |