Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blinds on their own can fit any atmosphere , particularly if windows are awkward , small or you did not want to lose too much light . |
| 2 | I think Mr what I would like to see , I do n't want to go too far into the history , but I would just like to be sure that er bearing in mind this complex history given on behalf of those you are representing , that the views you are putting forward are the er current views of the Parish Council as expressed in their formal minutes . |
| 3 | He does n't want to go too far down to the South . |
| 4 | I do n't want to sound too flame-eyed and low-blink-rate about it — and , all right , I know I 'm a real simp in many areas — but I 'd say I was way ahead of Tod on this basic question of human difference . |
| 5 | He did n't want to sound too eager and knowledgeable , but Bruno would n't believe him as a country bumpkin . |
| 6 | He wo n't cast his own horoscope , because he does n't want to know too much about the future . |
| 7 | ‘ But I do n't want to know too many details . |
| 8 | Great Warriors did n't want to attract too much attention to themselves when they were trying to think their way out of their penalty period in the ultimate war . |
| 9 | Erm all that sort of leads me back to where I started from , our perception of this survey is that it 's encouraging in the sense that it suggests that the recovery in the economy is erm widening and deepening if you like , it 's widening in the sense that it 's spreading to all the mainland regions of the U K and it 's deepening in the sense that erm firstly , although there are regional variations within this , it 's clearly not purely an export story and it 's not purely a domestic story , it 's a mixture of the two which gives us some reassurance erm it 's also deepening in the sense that there 's no evidence from the survey of anything which is likely to trip up the recovery in the short term , and remember that most of these er questions relate to the next four months , not all of them , but mo most of them relate to the next four months so one does n't want to extrapolate too far forward but nevertheless if you look at erm er most obviously sort of the the crisis and the inflation questions , if you look at er |
| 10 | For understandable reasons , neither side is prepared to proclaim the change too loudly : the left hates admitting defeat , while the right does not want to offend too many loyal party members by appearing triumphalist . |
| 11 | I do n't want to appear too keen — his price might go up . ’ |
| 12 | I wondered if I should add ‘ in London ’ but I did n't want to appear too pushy . |
| 13 | I do n't want to appear too much of a glutton . ’ |
| 14 | However , you do n't want to slip too many needles side by side unless you want a very loopy effect . |
| 15 | Most MIDI processors come factory set to Omni , so you should n't need to dabble too much here unless you really want to . |
| 16 | You do n't want to drink too much . |
| 17 | Only you do n't want to listen too much to Dr. Lorrimer . |
| 18 | I do n't want to dwell too much on this . |
| 19 | He said last night : ‘ Our inability to put away chances is obviously a problem but I do n't want to dwell too much on it . |
| 20 | I do n't want to dwell too much on the obvious but a number of things should be pointed out here . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't want to talk too much about my feelings , but — well — I often lie awake at night thinking of you , dear Miss Havisham ! ’ |
| 22 | Would n't do to drink too much . ’ |
| 23 | Or a puny man who would kill but did not choose to use too much force . |
| 24 | It does n't do to get too big for one 's boots . ’ |
| 25 | " It does n't do to get too excited about it . |
| 26 | Do n't expect to get too much back , and usually no letters . |
| 27 | Perhaps you do not want to hear too much about people anyway . |
| 28 | you do n't want to hear too much of what you 're recording anyway do you ? |
| 29 | He did n't like to think too much about one of the conversations that Jack Ashdown had reported to him on one of Joe 's occasional check-ins . |
| 30 | But Sheila says far from welcoming a break from the kids , she does n't like to have too tidy a house . |