Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] too [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ As far as I can see , putting together an international programme would not present too many problems — and it would be nice if we could tie in something with Australia as well . ’ |
2 | Mr Bull , 75 , said he would not have too much difficulty in finding the extra £15 a year to pay for the new road tax fees and would economise on petrol . |
3 | He had promised himself that he would not get too involved with her , but at this moment he could no more have parted from her than he could have cut his own throat . |
4 | She just hoped that the lady would not charge too much for taking the child off her hands . |
5 | His kindness must have gone to her head , but she would not read too much into it . |
6 | Jimmy and Denis we decided would not look too kindly on our request , the one being too staid and the other too much engrossed in his wife and family . |
7 | It would not look too good if a 110 flown by a man well over forty had outpaced and outmanoeuvred two Spitfires piloted by ‘ the cream ’ . |
8 | It would not need too keen an eye ( nor a cynical disposition ) to spot a coincidence between one of the editors of the volumes and the present author of this piece and think … |
9 | ‘ Rain is forecast and it would not take too much more to have the meeting cancelled , ’ said Plumpton clerk of the course Cliff Griggs yesterday , while overnight rain would also put Sedgefield in jeopardy . |
10 | But there were fears that it would soon lean too far to be corrected . |
11 | It was a good sign ; if the jacks did n't decimate the fry the water would soon become too populated and no longer produce the big fish me and my ilk were keen to catch . |
12 | But if she did n't try , or he refused her food because she would n't do as he told her , she would quickly become too weak . |
13 | In many cases this list already numbers over 100 , so correction techniques applied to such a long list would probably take too long to be worthwhile implementing , and the results from such techniques would produce many more candidates which would all have to be processed through the remaining stages of the recognition system . |
14 | If all its facilities were used it would also cause too many problems of transfer to other systems . |
15 | This task would later prove too great for both men . |
16 | I decided that they simply would n't have understood why I 'd done this and would now feel too hurt and abused ever to want to see me again . |
17 | One might think that this unpredictability would n't matter too much if it occurred only at the big bang ; after all , that was ten or twenty billion years ago . |
18 | I would n't pay too much heed myself , though . ’ |
19 | I think this is because for the last five months I was pregnant I was so withdrawn and would n't talk to anybody — would n't go out of the house , I used to sit upstairs or here hoping she would n't kick too hard and my dad would n't see anything . |
20 | The workshops would n't generate too much traffic and the proximity to Temple Meads station and the rail network would be useful for despatching goods . |
21 | She looked young but experienced , the sort that would n't waste too much of his time . |
22 | I would n't do too much . |
23 | But I would n't go too much on that . |
24 | But if a trip abroad could result in Ben giving her some of those hot , steamy looks that handsome Ross was throwing his own wife 's way — well , she would n't complain too much about that ! |
25 | Mark would n't suffer too much though . |
26 | ‘ They did miss chances , but I would n't place too much emphasis on that . |
27 | Yesterday things looked pretty hopeful but that it would n't take too long to get the whole thing sorted out , but I must admit things seem to be escalating and getting a lot worse now . |
28 | It would n't take too much more ingenuity to cut the speed of the sample down but keep the pitch the same , thus making the target guitar part much easier to distinguish . |
29 | ‘ Naylor would n't say too much , I expect , ’ Cicely clipped in warmly . |
30 | This , of course , will use up space on the memory card , but in practice you probably would n't save too many versions of the pattern , as too many stitches between the repeats will lead to long floats on the reverse side of the knitting . |