Example sentences of "it [was/were] too [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it was too small a bed because it had to hold the ghosts of Mo Magill and Jenny Maxim 's dead wife as well . |
| 2 | Can I ask is it because it was too small a group , or is it because no one can make up their mind where they belong ? |
| 3 | It was too easy a trick to miss . |
| 4 | It was too nice a day to be burying a young life . |
| 5 | For them it was too good a chance to miss . |
| 6 | It was too good a job to risk doing otherwise , and besides , the cameras were always there , so she had to . |
| 7 | It was too good a place to miss out on . |
| 8 | After several years as a regular contributor and recipient of the irascible Mahor 's voluminous correspondence , he was due to succeed as editor of Cricket Quarterly in 1970 , and was foiled by a change of mind : ‘ he decided that it was too personal a project , and he could n't let anyone else take it on , ’ he remembers . |
| 9 | It was too obvious a record to hail as a classic . |
| 10 | If you fail to get a report in on time , Ego protests it was too tough a deadline . |
| 11 | No doubt it would give Marguerite some comfort to be able to be warm and friendly with Russell 's daughter , but it was too big a price to pay . |
| 12 | It was too big a puzzle and she let it go although it gnawed away at the back of her mind . |
| 13 | He then , after missing , goes on to say how he could of killed it but it was too big a step to be taking . |
| 14 | No , it was too hellish a prospect even to consider . |
| 15 | It was too tempting a target , and the Zeppelin aimed for it with the last of its deadly cargo , but this time , they overshot the mark . |
| 16 | It was too fine a day for the car . |