Example sentences of "it [vb past] too [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It became too much trouble sometimes even to go to the Camp Cinema . |
| 2 | One had tried using a hand-held scanner for the job but had given up because it made too many mistakes . |
| 3 | In the western provinces , where the newly established , populist , Reform Party had campaigned strongly against the agreement on the grounds that it made too many concessions to Quebec , the margins of rejection were the highest in the country . |
| 4 | It allowed too little time for the furore provoked by Howe 's resignation to die down . |
| 5 | When I first set it up , it delivered too much ink , but it settled down fairly soon . |
| 6 | Love was too complicated an emotion for him ; it required too much staying power . |
| 7 | While it was widely felt that CPA formalised good practice , some respondents said it included too many patients , impinged on clinical judgement , and required more resources to implement properly . |
| 8 | A Congress of People 's Deputies was elected from the whole country , but it contained too many deputies to be an effective parliamentary assembly . |
| 9 | Tomorrow it would have calmed down , but after washing it acquired too much zip and body to tame . |
| 10 | And writing it out in a half hour or hour lesson was almost impossible because it took too many sheets of paper . |
| 11 | Emil himself and Oliver delivered the necessary , although Emil on his return said he hoped this was n't going to happen at lunch and dinner also , because it took too much time . |
| 12 | The trouble with the poll tax , as with comprehensive education , was that it took too little account of how we really are . |
| 13 | But it put too much pressure on the relationship , and when it finished I realised that he 'd resented what I had done . |
| 14 | In 1649 the government of the Republic was not at all sure that it could assert its authority over distant colonies ; it had too many problems close to home . |
| 15 | The emperor attended the première , and seemed to approve , despite his observation that it had too many notes ( ‘ Just as many as are necessary , your majesty , ’ Mozart is said to have replied ) . |
| 16 | It had too many cares |
| 17 | Ace thought of it as some sort of insect , although she knew it had too many legs . |
| 18 | During a break in which the designer 's assistant smeared the mirror above the fireplace with vaseline — ; Meredith had complained it reflected too much light — Dawn Allenby apologised for the drenching smell of eau de Cologne that pervaded her person . |
| 19 | It left too many spaces saturated with hurt . |
| 20 | The film starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine was a huge success , but for some people it left too many questions unanswered . |
| 21 | Richard gagged as it pushed too far head trapped against the pillow but it pulled back out . |