Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] too [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As to the leading reasons why they did not recycle , 37 per cent blamed a lack of collection points ; 25 per cent said they did not have enough space to store materials awaiting recycling ; 10 per cent found it too much trouble to separate out different categories of waste ; and 8 per cent cited shortage of time . |
2 | My Norfolk grandmother told me too much education spoilt a girl for a good wife . |
3 | ‘ I told you too much sun was bad for you . |
4 | The Grainger Park middleweight lost on a unanimous points decision to Manchester 's Eric Noi , finalist last season , and admitted afterwards : ‘ My timing was way off , but I showed him too much respect . |
5 | ‘ I showed him too much respect , ’ said Exley . |
6 | He had looked into her eyes too often , told her that he loved her too many times for her ever to believe him again . |
7 | Mr Munro was Arnold 's caddie , a nice man but he could n't handle Palmer , who asked him too many questions . |
8 | By degrees she , Dinah , had become little more than his reader , except that he gave her too many babies , no doubt absent-mindedly . |
9 | I think the US is in trouble and gave us too much credit . |
10 | Carozza and Lynagh scored and Lynagh kicked penalties and that left us too much ground to make up . ’ |