Example sentences of "too [adj] and a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monty thought Brando was ‘ too clownish and a slob ’ . |
| 2 | Many of them believed that they were failing to find jobs because they were too old and a large number of the older respondents had become reconciled to the prospect of never working again . |
| 3 | Hector them too much and a lot might end up turning sceptic . |
| 4 | Made awkward by his amused scrutiny , she tilted the roll too much and a blob of jam dropped on to her chest between her breasts . |
| 5 | His nose was too large and a little crooked since taking a devastating straight left in the boxing ring when he was fifteen years old , his chin too irregular . |
| 6 | Kinnock too lightweight and a clown , slipping on the beach . |
| 7 | Some writers use an engineering analogy and point out that the words ‘ stress ’ , ‘ strain ’ , ‘ tension ’ and ‘ pressure ’ are used when the load becomes too great and a breaking point is reached ; it is the point where the strain is so great that metal ceases to bend and it snaps . |
| 8 | Auguste 's cry came too late and a dish of ribboned cucumber , garnish for the lobster salads , landed upside down on the floor . |
| 9 | Several contractors have had it and it 's never been right and eventually a few days or weeks later a man comes round to pick up the grass which has already flown everywhere so it 's too late and a wa total waste of money . |
| 10 | If we add our weathercock effect on to this , the tail rotor is now too effective and a trim change is required ( Fig.5.9 ) . |
| 11 | I saw that despite his good looks Syl was a little too short and a little too fat , that when he went about his garden stripped to bathing trunks he aroused not desire but embarrassment . |
| 12 | If not , the reagent is too acid and a further gram of mercuric nitrate added to produce a slight cloudiness should produce the yellow precipitate . |
| 13 | A single gain pot and bass , middle and treble pots are all it needs to deliver some superb clean tones , but if these sounds are too clean and a slight amount of edge is preferred , then a push switch adds in some crunch . |
| 14 | The more international brasserie dishes on the elegant and rather over-long menu reflect this straightforward approach : nothing flashy or too sauced and a strong injection of Britishness . |
| 15 | Banding is acceptable , but some of the bands are too wide and a further band within the £12,500 to £19,499 range should also assist in reducing the adverse impact on cars in the higher price range . |
| 16 | ‘ It would be too expensive and a waste of time , ’ he said . |
| 17 | I used to buy the shuttlecocks in the town toy and sports shop and cut the rubber end off , then squeeze the protesting guinea-pig ( I did use one once , just on principle , but as a rule they were too expensive and a little too big ) up through the funnel of plastic until it sat round their waist like a little dress . |