Example sentences of "too [adj] [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course Mr our salesman er he took it up to that big estate and er Mr had got too old to go up to the shooting on the horse you know . |
| 2 | The reason I say it 's , it 's , the system 's too old to go back to the Japs and say get this sorted out , rewrite the software because they 're just gon na say not likely we have n't made it for ten years , or whatever seven or eight years or whatever it is , it 's out of date , they 're not gon na start working on the system that 's that old all they 'll want to do is to sell you a new one |
| 3 | How could she let these people down because she was too afraid to face up to her own weaknesses ? |
| 4 | Finding the car park empty , he was too embarrassed to go back to the pub and ask for help . |
| 5 | Villagers were at a loss as to how to repair the frayed rope , or lanyard , as the flagpole is on the edge of the medieval church 's tower and is too dangerous to climb up to . |
| 6 | Guttersnipe has nothing against adultery per se , but feels that Mr Jones is trying perhaps a little too hard to live up to his theme tune ‘ It 's Not Unusual ’ . |
| 7 | After the luxury of labour-saving devices it is just too tedious to go back to the old ways . |
| 8 | The Open Software Foundation denies a scathing front-page story in last week 's Communications Week that practically writes off its Distributed Management Environment ( DME ) , charging it with being late , possibly too late to matter much to the marketplace , and with causing in-fighting between OSF 's technology suppliers . |
| 9 | It was too late to go round to her flat , but not quite too late for a telephone call . |
| 10 | I 'm a single parent , and I blame myself for the way he is — but I feel it 's too late to get through to him now as talking or reasoning does n't work . |
| 11 | But I remembered him and I did n't like him , you know , not really , only I was too well-bred to say so to anyone . |
| 12 | After the lecture there were tea and refreshments and it was not until fairly late that I rang Emily just to say Hello , and how sorry I was to be too busy to get over to the house to see her this trip . |
| 13 | Which probably , I think because none of you have been introduced to it , would be too heavy to go through to any great extent . |
| 14 | ‘ Mick sometimes takes off in the wagon , but he 's only too pleased to get back to Chigwell . |
| 15 | They range from about 17 to 30 and all but Violeta have experience of life and men — which they are only too keen to pass on to Fernando . |
| 16 | Her body seemed too languorous to react quickly to the commands her brain was issuing . |
| 17 | McGegan 's problem ( if it can be considered one ) is that his own orchestra , Philharmonia Baroque , is based in Los Angeles , and is therefore too expensive to bring annually to Göttingen . |
| 18 | Or could it be that you are too frightened to own up to your own emotional weaknesses ? ’ |
| 19 | He was too eager to get back to his roll to ask how Zen had found out about the anonymous phone call . |
| 20 | Alison Santos of Madryn Street , Toxteth , and her family are living with a neighbour because they are too terrified to go back to their home . |