Example sentences of "too [adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not see why the advantages should not be extended to working class people whose wages are too low to bring them within income tax limits ’ ( my italics ) ( Labour Party/TUC , 1929 , para. 4 ) . |
| 2 | She just completely lost her nerve and was too afraid to tell him for fear of rejection . |
| 3 | Incidentally , vitamins were applied percutaneously to treat severely vitamin-deficient ex-prisoners too ill to take them by mouth after the Second World War . |
| 4 | It would take far too long to tell you in detail how I identified the specific genetic patterns of these chromosomes ; you 'll have to accept my assurance that I believe I did identify them . ’ |
| 5 | It might not be too late to invite him to dinner , If he 's got nothing else planned . |
| 6 | Once the scheme is launched it may be too late to save it from failure if you have no readily available answers to the many questions that employees will certainly raise . |
| 7 | It seems clear to me that no such thing was happening to me , either at home or at school , the former structure being too self-absorbed to take me into account and the latter too rigid . |
| 8 | They are too scared to hug them in case that innocent action is misinterpreted , and too scared to smack them when they do wrong in case they are accused of assault . |