Example sentences of "[vb base] too [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most people travel too far to work , at about the same time every day . |
| 2 | Children between eight and twelve seem too young to fight against cultural racism in school ; it is as though they are almost stunned into accepting the inferiority with which white society has labelled them . |
| 3 | At first they seem too creased to give the butterfly any chance of survival . |
| 4 | If this is accepted , the obvious caveats about the need for having a balanced portfolio and for not having too many eggs in one basket , etc. seem too obvious to require any amplification . |
| 5 | The Neo-Expressionists mostly seem too dour to qualify — and most do not make prints on a sufficiently regular basis . |
| 6 | I knew that look too well to mistake or ignore it . |
| 7 | He may go too far for his capabilities and get too tired to walk back safely . |
| 8 | ‘ What if we both get too drunk to get up for work tomorrow ? ’ she asked as they climbed aboard the bus and put their money in the ticket machine . |
| 9 | Another objection is that jobs will be lost and certainly that would be a serious objection but it 's a speechless one , of course , people who can afford it will still ride and will still employ the same people who are now hunt servants er to look after their horses and themselves and those who ca n't afford horses will continue no doubt to enjoy the spectacle er , that argument does n't hold water and the other objection of course er is that er it would mean the hounds were killed , but since I understand er hunting people kill their hounds anyway when they get too old to keep up , er I think er we can dismiss that argument and leave it to them er to see that the hounds are decently dealt with . |
| 10 | Some feel too vulnerable to cope with having boyfriends at all , at least not for some time , and almost all are determined that any man who shows an interest in them will have to accept and love their child too . |
| 11 | I feel too tired to sleep so I play some Despot when I get home but my heart 's not in it and the Empire is still in a tattered-looking state after all the earlier disasters and I 'm almost wondering if I should start again but that would mean going back to the fucking dawn of civilisation and the temptation in Despot is always to swap PoV , which people who do n't know the game always think sounds sort of innocent , like some detail , but it is n't : you 're not just swapping point of View , you 're swapping your current Despotic power Level for something less , even if it 's a regional lord or other king or a general or royal relation close to the throne , and it is not to be done lightly because as soon as you renounce the current Despot 's PoV the computer takes over and it 's a smart fucking piece of software . |
| 12 | Unknown to them , she had been one of Tiller 's favourite leading ladies around 1906 , but when the work offers stopped she faced the same bleak future confronting all dancers who feel too old to dance . |
| 13 | Actually I feel too embarrassed to say much about this quiz since both my wife failed to recognise Aberystwyth station — a place we go to about once a week ! |
| 14 | Amongst the non-reminiscers , some find that there is little point or purpose served in looking back at their lives , whilst others do not reminisce because they find it too depressing , often because of the contrast between their past and present life which they find too difficult to contemplate . |
| 15 | We should have to fight all the way , and arrive too late to save anything . |
| 16 | After that they become too tall to manage easily , although dealing with a tall espalier growing flat on a wall is a breeze compared to pruning a bush tree of the same height . |
| 17 | When things become too expensive to do in this country , the jobs will go abroad . |
| 18 | For the first few days the hands and feet become too sore to practise with , but in time they become sufficiently conditioned to withstand the constant impact and calluses begin to develop in the key areas . |
| 19 | Some horses need to be slightly less fit to give their best performance , otherwise they become too difficult to control , but Milton goes better the fitter he is . |
| 20 | When debts become too large to bear , British firms also use debt-restructurings and the bankruptcy laws . |
| 21 | When your arms become too heavy to hold either out to your sides or above your head , or they start trembling , it is time to stop . |
| 22 | Perhaps we try too hard to modify because we feel that evolution should be a continuous process . |
| 23 | ‘ Some fuckwits have said I try too hard to steal the show and shock by saying things like ‘ masturbate ’ . |
| 24 | But facing facts as they are now , it is unlikely that you will encounter many offers of wholemeal pasta and rice on the restaurant circuit ; they are considered too chewy for the ‘ average ’ palate and take too long to cook . |
| 25 | Unfortunately you find that no-one has ever bothered to produce the graphics before because they take too long to print out on the current office printer ! |
| 26 | Some people probably think I take too long to decide such matters , but I can demonstrate to them that sometimes by giving people a reasonable length of time to adjust they come through with flying colours . |
| 27 | Many corporations have top heavy , vertical organization structures and new ideas just take too long to move through the business process . |
| 28 | Conceptually brilliant they may be , but they take too long to get the hang of . |
| 29 | Not only would these novel reactors take too long to develop , but the electricity that comes from them will , in most cases , be needlessly expensive . |
| 30 | Chairwoman Dr Peggy Norris said : ‘ The Hippocratic ethic — the foundation of Western medicine — is now being ignored ; being brushed aside to permit the removal of the aged and infirm , and those like the old soldiers who do not die but take too long to fade away . |