Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] too many " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Visitors are very important and I love having people here , though I don ‘ t want to have too many at the same time .
2 Ouston summarizes such a view : ‘ Successful schools appear to prevent too many difficulties arising rather than being exceptionally skilled in dealing with them once they have arisen ’ ( Ouston 1981 ) .
3 Alternating the colour of the gores is an added attraction ; but beware having too many hems , as each overlap and its stitching will add weight .
4 Norwich tend to concede too many goals but they 'll be up there at the finish and we 'll be up there with them . ’
5 Never try to carry too many items on the outside of your pack — if you need to do this , your sack is too small !
6 mind you I have er , I have that way inclined you know , I do take too many risks I suppose really .
7 Because you start talking too many other businesses , and this is a bit of advice for you
8 People often avoid using too many straight lines in a garden as they fear that the end result will look clinical .
9 I did n't try algicides as I 've heard too many horror stories .
10 ‘ No , Harry , I 've done too many terrible things in my life , and I 'm going to change .
11 ‘ I 've seen too many youngsters come into the game full of excitement only to fall by the wayside .
12 I 've seen too many end in tears the minute we reach port .
13 oh we 've seen too many of those main forest ai n't we ? its always on
14 Geoffrey ( 4.9 ) : You 've made too many , teacher .
15 We 've made too many allowances for another top player who thinks he 's bigger than the game .
16 Then the second one got married , and he 's got four children , and the third got married , and he 's got three children , and they 're both going dotty because they 've got too many .
17 PEG : We 've got too many things .
18 I 've got too many things .
19 They 've got too many .
20 A friend says I 've got too many pensions .
21 Because , i it was we 've got too many bits on the Welsh dresser anyway .
22 And , I 've got too many things on the Welsh dresser anyway .
23 I 've got too many other things
24 I 've got too many .
25 We well ye yes I can but er obviously er I , I , I sha n't be doing because erm I 've got too many er hopefully too ma d it 's much better , it would have been much better if I was living in a home , you see where , where we can
26 Oh if I can pinched one of those is you 've got too many , I 'll just have one .
27 It 's not cos she 's it , cos she 's like that you know I bought her summat , when ours were not , not very old , I did n't know what to get her and I bought her an ornament , she says oh I wish people 'd stop buying me ornaments I 've got too many , has to dust round them I thought you 'll get sod all next year
28 you 've got too many green ones have n't you ?
29 She said I 've got too many thing to do , it 's not my job to do photocopying .
30 He 's got too many fingers in too many pies ok one groups making , one groups making a million pound a day , where another groups loosing a million pound a day or loosing two million pound a day , if you 've got too many fingers in too many pies
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