Example sentences of "they [was/were] too [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 It was late in the afternoon when they decided they were too exhausted to continue .
2 It was late in the afternoon when they decided they were too exhausted to continue .
3 She felt that the slightest movement would snap his will , precipitating an explosion out of the swell of desire that was sweeping them both to the edge of a world they were too prudent to enter willingly .
4 First the active male adults were fed because if they were too weak to hunt , nobody would eat .
5 The women not only carried all the possessions they did n't want to risk losing in large baskets on their heads but also had to control their children and often had to sling them over their backs as they were too weak to walk themselves .
6 Now they were too weak to discuss anything .
7 They were too faint to see properly , and gone as soon as seen .
8 they were too deep to fathom and too tall to cross .
9 Some sweating millionaires were buying while others said they were too hot to think and would come back later — which they did .
10 It has been estimated that in the years 1877–1904 70 per cent of Pomeranian farmland was held in large estates and only 30 per cent in peasant smallholdings of various kinds : about two-thirds of Pomeranian farmers were smallholders living in the most appalling poverty ; their assets were non-existent or too small for them to think of trekking westwards to look for factory work ; they were too poor to pay cash for their land , and too impoverished for any bank to risk giving them a loan .
11 A number of people were granted exemption on the grounds either that they were too poor to pay taxes and rates or that they had a certificate signed by the minister and parish officers to the effect that their premises were worth not more than 1 per annum or that their personal property was worth less than £10 per annum ; however , no exemption was allowed anyone possessing more than two hearths .
12 The original requisition of ships was uncontested , although many towns protested that they were too poor to provide what was asked .
13 They were too shocked to talk … but the cards said it all .
14 They were too shocked to make any comment at the family home today .
15 They were too tired to notice as I crept out again .
16 They walked until they were too tired to walk any more .
17 She did n't belong here , but they were too self-involved to see it .
18 The samples were later sent to Al Nier of the University of Minnesota , a leader in the field of helium isotope studies , but if there were any traces of helium-3 or tritium , they were too small to detect .
19 Once again a representative of the Post Office demanded guard wires and in subsequent correspondence , the Board of Trade enquired which was Elis David Road and which was Lower Church Street , as they were too small to show clearly on the map .
20 The quotations were accurate but one sensed within Aumann 's text an underlying idea : not just that Palestine was empty of people — which it assuredly was not — but that perhaps those people who did live there somehow did not deserve to do so ; that they were too slovenly to use modern irrigation methods or to plant trees or to build brick houses .
21 They were so engrossed asking questions and spending their Sainsbury 's gift vouchers that they were too late to visit their next port of call — Windsor Castle !
22 ‘ If any were against the proposal , either they were too lily-livered to protest — or else they were impeded by the rush for the exits ! ’
23 Eyes looking back and I 'd got the old bit moving all the time keeping , he said righto get out , you 're leading me , they were too pleased to get rid of them .
24 They were too good to throw away when the chocolates had been eaten ! ’
25 They were too busy to notice
26 Perhaps they were too busy to feel queasy , but as far as I was concerned , before we had been airborne half an hour I felt like crying out , ‘ Stop the plane , I want to get off ! ’
27 Next morning I was sitting on the garage roof watching starlings squabbling on the lawn and wondering if they were too busy to have noticed me , when they suddenly took off with a great rush of wings .
28 Now they were too high to see the great waves of the southern Atlantic carry the whales on their singing pilgrimages .
29 Two other state witnesses , Kenneth Kgase and Barend Mono , then said they were too frightened to give evidence .
30 The likeliest was Morpurgo himself , because , though not killed , he had been silenced , whereas both Cunningham and Ockleton could have spoken out afterwards — unless they were too frightened to do so .
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