Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] too [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't ask me for too many Freudian explanations . |
| 2 | This approach means that we do not continue to recruit permanent staff to the Community Charge then perhaps find ourselves with too many permanent staff to fill Council Tax posts . |
| 3 | If we supply ourselves with too much of this energy we store the surplus as fat . |
| 4 | Meanwhile Bleek 's relationships involve a large number of bedroom scenes which for too much of the time seem to present the women as carnal accessories passively accepting his attentions . |
| 5 | No one any longer recalls where this unusual dish had its origins ; indeed some people have been unkind enough to suggest that it was but recently invented by Mr Rory McGurk at the Dehydrated Rambler , on finding himself with too much ageing shepherd 's pie left on his hands . |
| 6 | Too many customers wait too long for replies to their complaint — replies which in too many cases are badly written and do not deal with all aspects of the complaint . |
| 7 | He was dealing himself in too much . |
| 8 | And I think that erm twenty-one is nothing like too many , in fact that 's not even half a year . |
| 9 | What is more , protein from plants can be cheap and need not involve you in too much radical diet change . |
| 10 | So perhaps I felt I must tell you all this , now , before I know you better , so that I can tell it you without too much confusion . |
| 11 | He or she is trying to get a very clear picture of what you can do so that they can place you accurately and not send you on too many pointless interviews . |
| 12 | you do not mind my taking this method of answering your letter and I hope that you , I did not put you to too much trouble to locate a recorder to listen to the tape , I am just too lazy to write it all down and think that what I have to say I can put it better in words than what I can on paper , I 'll let you do that part . |
| 13 | Oh sorry Carrie , I hope we 're not putting you to too much trouble are we here ? |
| 14 | When one thinks that in France the present generation has seen neither court gowns nor a ceremony of this sort and that , with very few exceptions , the ladies of high society do not come to the Tuileries , one is struck by the fact that everything should pass off so well and without lending itself to too much mockery . |
| 15 | I do n't want him there , he 'll put me under too much pressure , cos he 'll want his , as soon as he 's seen his family he 'll wan na get back . |
| 16 | Since Ruth was required to be less and less with the children she found herself with too much time on her hands , and since she was unused to idleness she found the vacant hours trying . |
| 17 | Herthumbs pressed symmetrical eye sockets , and she slung a lump of clay for his nose , patting , sheering … stopping herself from too much detail just yet . |
| 18 | Most people take it for granted they can out-smart a peeper like me without too much trouble . |
| 19 | The children will appreciate them and can handle them without too much supervision . |
| 20 | So flustered was I , in fact , that I became entangled with the bicycles in the hall ( my sons always keep them there , and other things being equal I usually get past them without too much difficulty ) , and I arrived in the dining-room even more distraught than I set out from the study . |
| 21 | The 24-year-old has suffered a string of injuries this season , and recent health problems have left him with too little time to regain full fitness . |
| 22 | To look at him filled her with too many confusing feelings . |
| 23 | ‘ As for any home , I 've none , nor never did have , ’ she said quickly to distract him from too much thinking . |
| 24 | The house , Wychwood , from which I like to think that Eliot derived the name in The Family Reunion , was easily within walking distance ; but we felt some responsibility for getting the great man from London without subjecting him to too much fatigue ; and if my brother reached home by a circuitous route , it was partly in order to show off the beauty of the place . |
| 25 | So the rabbi ran after the man and said : ‘ I have just found out that the jewel I gave you is more precious than I thought — do n't sell it for too little . ’ |
| 26 | One of the problems with humour is you 've got to make an immediate impact sometimes if you try to analyse it into too much detail , it spoils it . |
| 27 | Just as you should not overload your argument with cases , you should not load it with too many separate points of law . |
| 28 | She should not be encouraged to share it with too many people . |
| 29 | The way the pastry mixture clung to your hands if you mixed it with too much water . |
| 30 | There is an art to the task ; it is possible , otherwise , to put out the fire by smothering it with too much fuel , or even to poke it up too hard so that the last embers blaze up and the fire dies . |