Example sentences of "who [vb base] too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is claimed to be a discouragement to people who eat too much . |
| 2 | Dr Keith Mumby from Allergy International says children who eat too much starch-refined foods , suffer behavioural problems . |
| 3 | In this instance , Jenny Greenteeth is a HAG with long green fangs and sharp claws who drags children who stand too close to the river 's edge to a watery gave . |
| 4 | Blessed are the ignorant ; cursed are those who know too much . |
| 5 | I have n't been around this long without learning that funny things happen to people who know too much about mob business . ’ |
| 6 | There are a few feather-brains about who know too much as it is . ’ |
| 7 | They are also working on ways to turn off the gas supply in men who produce too much of it and , as a result , suffer from priapism — painful and embarrassing erections in the absence of sexual desire . |
| 8 | Indeed , involvement in a group can sometimes be the only way to encourage more withdrawn people into a counselling situation , especially those people who feel too awkward or vulnerable in a one-to-one situation . |
| 9 | Unknown to them , she had been one of Tiller 's favourite leading ladies around 1906 , but when the work offers stopped she faced the same bleak future confronting all dancers who feel too old to dance . |
| 10 | Hiatus hernias are more likely in smokers who 've got a chronic cough , which puts repeated strain on the abdomen , and also in men who do too much heavy lifting . |
| 11 | Anyone who has read about ( or lived through ) the patterns of obsession with cold irresponsible men which Robin Norwood charted in her book Women Who Love Too Much will recognise this syndrome . |
| 12 | Nest on ground , adults often persistently attacking and even buffeting humans and animals who come too close |
| 13 | Pregnant women who take too much exercise could be robbing their babies of essential nutrients . |
| 14 | Some patients who drink too much caffeine show none of these symptoms , but vomit violently instead — this is particularly common with tea drinkers . |
| 15 | Anyway , there are bogeymen much closer to home : true Brits who drink too much lager and then get behind the wheel of a car . |
| 16 | There are insult-words for women who have too much sex ( slag ) and women who have too little ( pricktease ) ; women can be tasty and at the same time cunts . |
| 17 | The government could also be tougher on benefits for invalidity and long-term sickness , whose claimants have multiplied even though national health has improved , and on payments to lone parents , who have too little incentive to look for work once their children reach school age . |
| 18 | But there are a number of comrades who have too primitive an idea of social revolution . |
| 19 | There are insult-words for women who have too much sex ( slag ) and women who have too little ( pricktease ) ; women can be tasty and at the same time cunts . |