Example sentences of "to drink too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 2 | My aunt and my mother were particularly fond of him , and when he had a stomach upset they fussed over him all the time , preparing special bland food for him , making him swallow Milk of Magnesia and advising him not to drink too much Christmas sherry . |
| 3 | The patient should not be allowed to drink too much , as he would need to go to the toilet too often . |
| 4 | There is evidence to suggest that withdrawal symptoms include heightened irritability , a tendency to drink too much and increased susceptibility to illness and depression . |
| 5 | You do n't want to drink too much . |
| 6 | Would n't do to drink too much . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ That will teach him to drink too much and attempt the impossible . ’ |
| 8 | The men did as they pleased with him , and after a day or two at sea , he began to drink too much . |
| 9 | I try not to drink too much when nobody 's here . |
| 10 | Thus every individual needs to be regarded as having a unique set of problems , some of which may have encouraged him or her to drink too much , and some of which may be the outcome of the drinking , rather than being thought of as an ‘ alcoholic ’ or an ‘ addict ’ . |
| 11 | " Doctors tell you not to drink too much . |
| 12 | I did my best , but I suppose it was during that time that I began to drink too much and that finished off my promotion chances . |
| 13 | Does alcohol advertising cause people to drink or to drink too much ? |
| 14 | I 'm going to smoke too much , I 'm going to smoke too much , I 'm going to drink too much , I 'm not going to do enough exercise , I 'm going to put on too much weight , I 'm going to stress myself too much , and I can talk to you five days about those conditions . |
| 15 | ‘ Go tell Sir John to stay where he is and not to drink too much . |