Example sentences of "[conj] were too [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he had to face the possibility that his mother had combed through the cardboard boxes he had left by the dustbins , searching for things that were too good to throw away and also , perhaps , for clues about himself . |
| 2 | disadvantages were control levers and dials that were too small to use quickly with gloves on , and complex fuel mixing instructions . |
| 3 | Among the counterparties to these swaps have figured a number of British companies that were too small to issue bonds in their own name but were happy to acquire an equivalent fixed-interest liability in exchange for floating-rate obligations . |
| 4 | Let us remember that that assurance comes from British Rail , who , it was discovered in Committee proceedings on the Bill , designed platforms that were too short to take the trains that would come in to them . |
| 5 | His laugh was sharply curtailed when Ace lunged forward , snatched his rifle from hands that were too surprised to grip it tightly enough , and smashed him in the groin with the butt . |
| 6 | We lingered too long in Livadià on the way , by the charming waters of memory and forgetfulness , and were too late to see the sports at Arákhova , with the very old men running to win a lamb as a prize . |
| 7 | In A Treatise on the Art of Midwifery ( 1760 ) , she argued that male practitioners lacked patience and sensitivity , and were too quick to resort to metal instruments , causing needless infant deaths . |
| 8 | Lord Coulsfield was told that the victims believed that the 6ft 2in , 15st Storrie had a knife and were too frightened to resist him . |
| 9 | And so we had , but were too polite to comment on the truly striking resemblance . |
| 10 | Like the rest of London 's river children , they knew that the mud was a source of wealth , but were too shrewd to go into competition with the locals from Partisan Street for coins , medals and lugworms . |
| 11 | They seemed confused as to what was going on , but were too sleepy to make too loud an objection . |
| 12 | How many other traffic cones ooh he 's a little gem , he 's gon na tell us all we need to know , but were too afraid to ask |