Example sentences of "[to-vb] too [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you do use wide-angle , be careful not to come too close to your subject , as this can produce odd distortion effects . |
| 2 | He was drawn to the traditions of Sephardism , he had once explained ; that rigorous and secluded tradition appealed to his own sensibility , in the same way that " free-thinking " Jews seemed to him to come too close to the rational Unitarianism which he despised . |
| 3 | Remember , do n't try to fly too close to the ground : 5 to 10 feet is quite all right and will make it much easier to smooth out any pitching which occurs before you have had time to get used to the light controls . |
| 4 | I consider that it would not be appropriate t to adhere too rigidly to the number of hours multiplied by a rate of three pounds fifty per hour suggested by Mr . |
| 5 | Also I did n't want to get too close to him because I felt some of his rotten luck might rub off on me . |
| 6 | Some people do n't like others to get too close to them . |
| 7 | For the Ego , it is highly dangerous to get too close to anyone . |
| 8 | I 've got some wonderful friends , but I do n't want to get too close to anybody in case they stop me eating . |
| 9 | He did not want anyone to get too close to him , especially after his years with Vivien , and there was a point at which he withdrew from those who expected too great an intimacy . |
| 10 | We know that the next falling star is almost certain to get too close to the sun , and catch fire ! |
| 11 | She came to rest beside the statue of Father Matthew , the Apostle of Temperance , and as Jacob drew up to her he joked : ‘ You would n't want to get too close to him . |
| 12 | Do n't ever try to get too close to me . |
| 13 | No kid wants to get too close to the head . |
| 14 | The flight crew 's first priority is not to get too close to other aircraft . |
| 15 | Leith accused angrily , and saw at once that he did n't appear to take too kindly to her accusation . |
| 16 | His neat , Astaire-like side-step to the road where he would rather die under a shining new Merc than to have to go too close to a cripple . |
| 17 | They would n't want to go too close to the Khedive . |
| 18 | In everything , a compromise is the answer and by not expecting the horse to go too close to a potentially spooky object , kidding the horse that you never intended him to go near it , will avert an argument or tension . |
| 19 | RE teachers have responded positively to many of the insights of the modern world but in the process they have sometimes allowed the pendulum to swing too far to the other side . |
| 20 | It is this type of attitude which keeps Ipswich the poor relation , musically , to the other towns and forces music lovers to travel too often to Norwich and Cambridge . |
| 21 | come and sit down and get to business , now he may not , he may still want to have a chat about the weather or whatever you know so again be aware that to cut too soon to business |