Example sentences of "i [vb base] too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , Prentice ; I mean too much taste . |
| 2 | Because we 'd none of us done much , we 'd been too busy lying in the sun ( I mean too lazy ) and looking at great pictures to do much drawing or anything . |
| 3 | It 's not I mean too bad |
| 4 | My husband , who 's 41 , hates the fact that I smoke and moans that I eat too much . |
| 5 | same leg , so erm , see Gary moans at me that I , he says that I eat too much erm salt , now if I was to eat that much salt I would n't get cramp |
| 6 | Faithful be ye , I know well , and power ye have if ye list to keep them safe ; but if ye think I fear too much , yet beware ye fear not too little ! ’ |
| 7 | I sit too stunned to move . |
| 8 | A close friend , who said he was too frightened to reveal his name , has told the drinks trade newspaper , the Morning Advertiser : ‘ My life could be in danger if I say too much but I have my own idea what the murder is all about . |
| 9 | I know it 's not your fault , but you come here and we chat about the family , I say too much and , suddenly , we 're talking about murder ! ’ |
| 10 | I smoke too much and I enjoy a drink . |
| 11 | I may feel guilty because my father died young , because I masturbate , because I earn too little or too much , because I have wind . |
| 12 | And before I put too much back I want to have the floorboards up to clear |
| 13 | If I go on denying it they 'll all wag their fingers and say ‘ Aha ’ and tell me I protest too much . |
| 14 | I hope too that other regions will follow your example . |
| 15 | I puff too much for mountaineering . ’ |
| 16 | I 've , I 'd got a few stares from some of the women there , I mean , there are some women there that are huge , and maybe they looked at me and thought oh I hope I can wear leggings like that one day , I mean I do n't think I look too bad in the leggings , I mean I would never have done it when I used to go to Weightwatchers when I was thirteen and a half stone , I would never of gone in leggings , no way , but it does n't |
| 17 | I watch too many mysteries do n't I ? |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose I read too many thrillers but in the end I 'd convinced myself you 'd got too tough and killed somebody and George was mixed up in that ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I read too many fairy-tales when I was young , ’ she said bitterly . |
| 20 | A final plaintive note records how , influenced by the advice of friends , this postlude does not include adverse commentary on the recent moves in the Department of Education to centralise the school curriculum ( ’ on the grounds that I read too much into what were chance decisions ’ ) and regretting accepting that advice . |
| 21 | I accept too much . |
| 22 | I sound too posh . |
| 23 | Well sorry , Anne , but I know too much about you to take this drivel . ’ |
| 24 | I know too much about the guys who write the rest of the stuff to be able to stomach it . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I know too little of you , yet I know too much . |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't say I know too many women who would have allowed themselves to get in such a state . ’ |
| 27 | She 's probably picking one with Wendy , but she 's picked the wrong one with me cos I know too many loop holes ! |
| 28 | It would not be right for me to say that he was wrongly ennobled , because I know too little about him to be able to detect whatever surprising quality it was that commended itself to Harold Wilson for admission to the House of Lords . |
| 29 | ‘ I know too little of you , yet I know too much . |
| 30 | So , but I hope if I stray too far from the path somebody will remind me . |