Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pers pn] too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | tell her not er not to be sort of hurrying you too much saying , Oh come on come on you should learn . |
| 2 | Subconsciously he was beginning to resent her ; and there were flashes of anger when he accused his staff of paying her too much attention . |
| 3 | I mean it was it was a very small affair fortunately I think sort of glorifies it too much by giving it giving it the name , riot . |
| 4 | He acknowledges that Donald is South Africa 's top bowler and major attraction but he believes that is still no excuse for bowling him too much . |
| 5 | about giving them too much advice . |
| 6 | I strongly believe that parents should be properly informed about the policies and practices of their schools ; that they should have the means regularly to voice their opinions and should indeed be represented on the governing bodies of schools , yet I believe too that there are dangers in allotting them too many constitutional powers . |
| 7 | ‘ He does get frustrated but there 's a delicate balance between curbing him too much and losing his effectiveness . |
| 8 | Recent absurdities of the tort litigation system have included the parents ofa teenager who had committed suicide suing the Catholic church because a priest allegedly gave their son poor advice , and a series of bankrupt borrowers suing their banks for lending them too much money . |
| 9 | Younger children , or those that have had little experience of playing freely , need a little more encouragement and the next example illustrates how a teacher was able to lead a small group without directing them too much . |
| 10 | I was quite prepared to die without giving it too much thought , you understand — and suddenly I find I 've got up steam and I 've puff-puffed past the station labelled ‘ Death ’ and the track lies all before me , unsignposted . ’ |
| 11 | I could n't find out any more , not without making it too obvious . ’ |
| 12 | She tried to find a way to explain without hurting him too much . |
| 13 | right , tie it off in a reef knot , if you 've got bits that are left dangling they 're too long and you ca n't go round again because it 's gon na make it too tight , you can either tuck them in or else you can fold them down , a nice clean plaster and put it right over the top , okay ? |
| 14 | Yeah , it 's gon na cost me too much this is gon na cost me a hundred quid , a hundred quid and a party is a bloody lot of money if you look at it , to be perfectly honest , we need a D J |
| 15 | and of course , you know , you er er you 'll get hold of all this as the more we do erm but you lost your way on the diagram by giving him too much I think and , and er the referrals you sort of lost at one point but you come back and reclaimed it did n't you ? |
| 16 | Remember , only last year the Tories admitted they bungled the introduction of tests for seven-year-olds — by making them too complicated and time consuming . |
| 17 | The Catholic Church screwed up sex by making it too important whereas it should just be a natural , integrated part of everyday life . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's a great tournament but they are ruining it by making it too tough . |