Example sentences of "too [adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The building is decrepit , the doors do not shut , the windows have no glass , some taps leak continuously , the staff are too embarrassed to show me the lavatories . |
| 2 | She loved him too much to tell him the truth . |
| 3 | It 's too early to call it a breakthrough but it is different because it does n't set out to kill tumours , it stops the process which spreads them . |
| 4 | The beta copy of ClarisWorks is very promising but it 's too early to award it a best buy rosette . |
| 5 | Luckily I was too tired to give them a summary of world views on Bolivia . |
| 6 | Too late to give me a loan ? |
| 7 | Maybe a large catfish , or is it too late to find him a friend ? |
| 8 | As for Jenkins , his temperament , so their argument goes , was all too apt to make him a liability . |
| 9 | Too short to give him the help he needed . |
| 10 | When at last he came to see her , he obviously believed in the story of the German and she was too proud to tell him the truth . |
| 11 | Simply contact the Homecover staff at Frank Glennon Limited who will be only too pleased to offer you a free insurance appraisal on your existing policy and a Homecover quotation . |
| 12 | The memory of his last visit would not leave her ; there was a jagged edge to it — for had she not tried to force him against his will and had he not been aware of that and too kind to give her the direct reaction she deserved for her over-boldness ? |
| 13 | Alison also likes 60s music ( too young to remember it the first time around ) and buying things for her home . |
| 14 | Gould 's time was too precious and his ambition too overriding to allow him a thought for artistic temperament . |