Example sentences of "too many [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too many things they shared , too many secrets . |
| 2 | In those years he was working hard on his Bovary ( though not , perhaps , as hard as he liked to maintain ) and at the end of the day , since a physical release was too complicated for him and would contain too many things he could n't entirely command , he sought an intellectual release . |
| 3 | ‘ There are two sets of stairs into and out of every gallery , ’ Paxton explained , ‘ So that if we get too many visitors it does n't get too congested as people move around . |
| 4 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |
| 5 | ‘ Generally speaking the results have been good although we 've perhaps drawn too many games we should have won . ’ |
| 6 | There are too many forces we do not control — nor indeed seek to control . |
| 7 | In too many matches we 've sprung a leak . |
| 8 | There were too many houses he did not own ; and he could not afford to see any more built . |
| 9 | ‘ And , while these injuries are often due to unfortunate accidents , too many times they are the result of unsafe rules which need to be changed . |
| 10 | mind you I have er , I have that way inclined you know , I do take too many risks I suppose really . |
| 11 | Many agree that for too many years we have been ‘ data rich ’ but not capable of computerising the knowledge and experience of highly skilled maintenance engineers . |
| 12 | Wo n't be too many places he 'd be remembered these days , all those who could remember him are dead , or trying to die . |