Example sentences of "too [adj] [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the shelf below him the old man was vomiting again , too weak even to roll over so that blood and mucus oozed down his chin and neck , some of it bubbling back into his throat . |
| 2 | The notorious Dr Crippen , he pointed out , in fact murdered his assertive wife only because he was too vain simply to run away from her and make himself a target for scorn . |
| 3 | Sergei and Anton , from Chernobyl , too shy perhaps to speak even a few words in their own language . |
| 4 | Relearning is a longer , gradual process with ups and downs and it is too easy just to give up . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's too dark now to see exactly what it is but it looks rather sweet . ’ |
| 6 | I was just too late yesterday to go across , but the islet looked marvellous . |
| 7 | If it should be made in conjunction with the Corvedale line , assuming that the capital is raised for that line , it may be too late then to enquire how trains are to run from Lydham village to Bishop 's Castle , which now might be placed on the main line , or what expenditure will be necessary to make the roads to Lydham village as suitable for the inhabitants of Norbury , Wentnor , &c. , as those over which they at present travel to Lydham Heath . |
| 8 | Whatever the answer , it was too late now to turn back the clock , too late to understand anything about Jacob . |
| 9 | But she was too busy then to grieve overmuch ; the bitterness was to come later . |
| 10 | Indeed , if anything , they seem to have been too demoralised politically to organise effectively at anything more than a local level , and that in itself is testimony to the devastating effect of the Kulturkampf and Polenpolitik . |
| 11 | Alternatively , instruments can be sent and returned by carrier if you live too far away to visit personally . |
| 12 | If you live too far away to drive up for the day why not go for an extended weekend ? |
| 13 | If the ball is too far away to trap normally , just press and release the fire button — as long as it 's too low for a diving header , you 'll execute a sliding tackle . |
| 14 | Perhaps it was because the glamorous life was too far away to show off their child to friends and relatives . |
| 15 | She posted Gay 's letter on the way , but was too worried now to think much about it . |
| 16 | Somehow the thought was too delicious just to reject instantly . |
| 17 | A love song on the crackly Holiday Inn radio which the maid always switches on as her final flourish after she 's done the room ( Hugo and I go down to the pool and swim and use the sauna while we wait for her to finish ) or a pop song on the telly as Hugo and I eat our continental breakfast ( orange juice , coffee , a croissant and a Danish each ) , too languid even to stretch out for the remote control and switch it off — will make tears come to my eyes : move me with the desire to say , You do love me , do n't you ! |
| 18 | Too frightened even to go out for a Saturday morning shop at Sainsbury 's in case fans inspected her … and the contents of her shopping trolley . |