Example sentences of "[pron] too [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , you know it 's saying that motherhood is a good thing , but let's not exert ourselves too greatly to do anything about it . |
| 2 | But his enthusiasm for system led him too easily to assume that a native administration duly gazetted was a native administration actually functioning as a responsible organ of local government , and this set a limit to his achievements in reform . |
| 3 | ‘ He tried to say it was too much worry for him but I know him too well to believe that . |
| 4 | She knew him too well to imagine he 'd let her get away easily , even when he learned there was money . |
| 5 | Wycliffe had scarcely spoken since leaving the hall and Scales knew him too well to try to involve him in conversation . |
| 6 | He knew her too well to think that she would allow affection to outweigh her sense of right and wrong . |
| 7 | It is not putting it too strongly to say that marriage is in crisis not only in the UK , but throughout the Western world . |
| 8 | Was it too soon to wear Faith 's amethyst brooch ? |
| 9 | That had shocked me until I heard it too often to remain shocked . |
| 10 | He knows them too well to despise them . ’ |