Example sentences of "too [adj] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hexagram represents a beam that is thick and heavy in the middle but too weak at the ends . |
| 2 | I 'm never too exhausted at the end of a marathon . |
| 3 | I do n't think we need to be too sorry at the reason we 're not getting it written is we 're far too busy lobbying MPs and making protests in the centre of town and things . |
| 4 | We did n't want to be too specific at the moment . |
| 5 | I could not write anything here yesterday because I was too desolate at the thought that I could hot come and talk to you . |
| 6 | It is much too risky at the start of an interaction to make a joke about the other person . |
| 7 | Jazz and dance exercise and aerobics are likely to be too demanding at the pace established in many classes . |
| 8 | This will not make me too popular at the Richmond Athletic Ground or Sunbury and it 'll probably not happen anyway . |
| 9 | I says Well I 've got a van and it 's too light at the back . |
| 10 | I do n't think Zbigniew 's marriage to Tatyana was going too swell at the time . |
| 11 | But I was very much in love with Isobel and that prevented my from looking too hard at the mess I had created . |
| 12 | She did n't feel too good at the moment . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , ’ said Bob , ‘ things are n't too good at the moment . |
| 14 | But is not , I mean it 's too late at the moment because both the Citizen and |
| 15 | It is too late at the appeal stage to think about getting evidence which could have helped you at the beginning . |
| 16 | She is not too well at the moment and is heavily sedated . ’ |
| 17 | People were presumably far too busy at the time , and the principal workers have now died . |
| 18 | Initially Terry Nation declined to work on Doctor Who when the invitation came through , being far too busy at the time writing for Tony Hancock on tour in Nottingham . |
| 19 | And they want to come and see the factory , they want to go to yeah , it fell down cos Richard was too busy at the end of last year , fine get that sorted and i Sally was dropped in the crap by right at the end of last year , came on five sets of bearings , I could 've done 'em in two weeks . |
| 20 | Although Clare had decided to call in Meg , she did n't ; at first because in the morning things were n't so pressing as they had been at night , and then because she was too busy at the Refuge , and then because it really did n't seem fair . |
| 21 | ‘ But you are not too happy at the prospect of leaving your special patient at this stage ? |
| 22 | There were five of them , and they appeared none too happy at the prospect of battling a Myrcan . |
| 23 | ‘ But he should be playing a bit forward — maybe he 's too concerned at the moment with his defensive duties . |
| 24 | He 'd asked her to wait for him , and although she 'd been too angry at the time to say that she would , she had nevertheless avoided marriage to anyone else despite the many proposals she 'd had . |
| 25 | Even in private conversation he would explain how his client could not possibly have broken into the house in the way of which he was accused , because he was far too drunk at the time , and so on . |
| 26 | June 's parents were n't too pleased at the marriage at first , but they accept it now , as the couple seem so suited . ’ |
| 27 | It soon became apparent , however , that Mrs Rafferty was only too pleased at the thought of Edna , though still at school , helping out at Four Winds during the weekends . |
| 28 | She was not too pleased at the thought of being mistaken for a reporter from the tabloid press . |
| 29 | You 'll have to excuse me if I do n't sound too lucid at the moment , but I have stinking cold . |
| 30 | John York was neat and a little too tactful at the keyboard . |