Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] too [det] " in BNC.

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1 The main problem to prevent me playing on for too many years to come will be the competition from younger players at Middlesex .
2 ‘ Thrill ’ was the most frequent motive for attending but ‘ humour ’ was also frequently cited — if the wrestlers went in for too much close holding choruses of ‘ Kiss me sergeant ‘ and ‘ What blue eyes you 've got ’ would strike up .
3 They were used to seeing 3 × 80 oz. bottles put in with too much colour and a ‘ hope for the best ’ attitude .
4 Item twelve , which is paper K , er , the order has tumbled down in too many free meetings , which right , business links , otherwise known as the one stop shop .
5 However , they are not usually aggressive , except to members of their own kind , and even then they usually settle down without too much fuss .
6 When , last March , I began to get pins and needles in my right hand , I put it down to too much gardening .
7 yeah , you know quite hopeful so what I as I say what I 'm really looking for is I 've got a preference for older properties but you know try not to pin myself down to too much at the moment , I 've got about a hundred and thirty to spend so ideally I 'd like a cottage old style but I do need three bedrooms
8 However , the children still know their place in the hierarchy with unerring accuracy and we still fail to get through to too many of them .
9 Do you think it can be got through without too many hitches on either side ?
10 The show was called The Mary Whitehouse Experience ( which I later learned was in honour of the blue-nose lady who 's always sounding off about too much sex in the media ) .
11 It is probably better to start off with too many regulators which can then merge , rather than starting off with too few and attempting to build on them .
12 It is probably better to start off with too many regulators which can then merge , rather than starting off with too few and attempting to build on them .
13 If it 's not , we can finish it off without too many questions being asked .
14 Ventilation : mesh ventilation windows under the flysheet storm flap help prevent a build up of too much condensation .
15 Take-up is lower among medium-sized companies ‘ perhaps because they feel their profile is too low to attract many claims or that their shareholding is so tightly controlled they wo n't come up against too many disgruntled shareholders who are the main source of claim in this country . ’
16 Polly felt her stomach nerves flutter uneasily , but she had come too far and put up with too much to back down now .
17 Soft voice ) Somehow we landed up with too many things .
18 But here the lyrical content is downright embarrassing , with ‘ White ’ ( ‘ We have forgotten our spiritual nature ‘ Cause we are wrapped up in too much shit/All day/All night ’ ) , ‘ Full Tilt ’ ( ‘ Gunfire ricochet off my halo .
19 increase goes to arts projects — the museums and galleries improvement schemes and other proposals that his Department funds — and is not caught up in too much bureaucracy .
20 In recent years , it 's been nice to know that I could decide to take my wife Lizzie on Concorde and not have to ask permission from the bank manager , but I 've never really gone in for extravagances — they all add up to too many paper rounds .
21 New EC regulations requiring all premises producing , growing or processing organic food to be registered and inspected by an organisation such as The Soil Association or the UK Register of Organic Foods add up to too much red tape for many small businesses .
22 It can be devastating if left unattended , but modern white spot cures can clear it up without too much trouble .
23 Shropshire Youth has been left out for too many years to fend for itself .
24 Were these real tears , or was he just squeezing them out after too much cognac ?
25 I speak from embarrassed experience , having embarked under the nom-de-plume of Evelyn Hervey on just such a foolish enterprise , though I hope frenzied ingenuity will eventually wriggle me out of too much trouble .
26 Try not to start out with too many fixed ideas of what is going to happen .
27 If she reacts in this way , it will be best not to try to interfere or worry about her tiring herself out with too much activity , as this may be even more disturbing for her .
28 They tended to wear themselves out with too much excitement .
29 However do not let note taking become obsessional , it can tend to interrupt the flow of conversation if carried out in too much detail .
30 If there is to be a sit-down meal , you will then have a much better opportunity to get some good shots , hopefully without missing out on too much of the turkey yourself .
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