Example sentences of "[verb] too [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crisis has come too quickly for the company , which only this morning was due to launch a new truck . |
| 2 | The second problem is that even if a motorist — despite all the odds — actually adheres to the recommended limits , all the evidence points to the fact that he or she is still driving too fast for the safety of local residents . |
| 3 | ‘ A higher proportion of experienced rather than newly-qualified drivers failed because of driving too fast for the conditions , approaching junctions too fast and not anticipating the actions of other drivers . |
| 4 | So many days of late , although dry , have been dull and overcast , but as someone said to me , you ca n't wait too long for a good thing , so here 's hoping . |
| 5 | It seems that in his habit of making films that are considered too long for the US cinema circuits , Cameron may have unwittingly provided film companies with a money-spinning way of making people pay to see the same movie twice . |
| 6 | ‘ A lady never dresses too finely for the occasion . ’ |
| 7 | Do n't keep pushing too hard for the cherry on the cake or you may well end up with nothing left but a whole plateful of crumbs ! |
| 8 | I HAVE N'T done too badly for a short-***** , bandy-legged Welshman . |
| 9 | Still — she stood back to view her handiwork with a pleased nod — she had n't done too badly for a total amateur , even if she did say so herself . |
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| 11 | Then reverse curves were coming up and the train ran through the first curve but was going too fast for the next one and the train left the track , killing certainly the driver and fireman and one or two passengers , I believe . |
| 12 | The major cause of these accidents is drivers going too fast for the road conditions that exist in our village . |
| 13 | he is just like me he 's brain is going too fast for the pencil |
| 14 | This was going too far for the established church in both Rome and Nicaragua , with the result that the Pope called for their resignation . |
| 15 | It started as a minor incident involving a petrol tanker , but then other vehicles travelling too fast for the foggy conditions found they counld n't stop in time and crashed as well . |
| 16 | Recording a verdict of accidental death deputy coroner Andrew Tweddle said evidence showed Mr Still was travelling too quickly for the road conditions . |
| 17 | Although owner Marquesa de Moratalla will be present to watch The Fellow run in her colours , the only novice chase is over two and a half miles judged too far for the speedy Sybillin . |
| 18 | Things did n't bode too well for the four-set clause in my contract . |
| 19 | The worst one can fairly say is that in some scenes — the Andúril ones , the Field of Cormallen , the eagle 's song — Tolkien under-estimated his audience 's resistance and reached too hastily for the sublime or the impressive . |
| 20 | Hijackers go too slow for a getaway |
| 21 | Your honour knows you went too far for a master to a servant or even to his equal and I can not bear it . |
| 22 | The police would n't press too hard for a day or two . |
| 23 | And while it 's very reassuring that schools have n't changed too much — I do n't think we want everything to change overnight — I think you could say that schools are open to the same criticism as of British industry at the moment , that they are institutions which perhaps are changing too slowly for the demands of the modern world . |
| 24 | The interpretation they suggest is that the compositions of the trusts were changing too quickly for the adjustment procedure . |
| 25 | John Upson says he did n't use to care too much for the National , because it was cruel to horses , but now it is safer and there 's a lot of magic and mystique attached to it . |
| 26 | But the ball ran too fast for the striker who , with an open goal ahead of him , could only hit the side-netting . |
| 27 | He meant , among other things , are you living with anyone ? and she knew it , but she cared too much for the day together to tell him one way or the other . |