Example sentences of "[det] was too [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scott immediately sent a reply to all Members , along with copies of a paper he had already produced entitled The Gothic Renaissance , but with the parliamentary session closing on the following Saturday this was too late to have any effect . |
| 2 | I just felt this was too good to last and I was right . |
| 3 | Some teachers will , of course , say when asked , " it did n't work " , but in a surprising number of cases this turns out to mean , not that the students ' learning or involvement was less than had been predicted or hoped for , but that the exercise for one reason or another was too difficult to set up . |
| 4 | gather the wood up but that was too far to go and |
| 5 | That was too big to put on the , on er the thing . |
| 6 | But it was n't too , that was too damp to sleep on ! |